When Cathy and I began our rehab business back in 1995, the future
stretched out forever. That ssimply is no longer true. And yet, we
live each day in basically the ssame manner, even though we're
"retired", and we do some frittering of Time, each day, listening to
books or taking cat naps.
Which reminds me, I just bought a new(refurbished)computer. It has
Windows Tenand the current JAWS. I gave up trying to set aside time
to learn NVDA on my lap top. Part of the problem with the lap top is
the difficulty I have in using the keyboard. But part of it is that
my "learning curve" is in need of being refurbished, too. Anyway, I
expect to be focused on mastering the new computer, for a couple of
weeks.
Carl Jarvis
On 3/29/21, Roger Loran Bailey <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Re: [blind-democracy] Re: Much to deal with today.
Well it does seem like an old age, but I got too thinking about that. My
mother was almost exactly 21 years older than me. I was born five days
after her
twenty-first birthday. So I thought about what was happening when she
was the same age that I am now. Good grief, that was the year 2000. It
was right
in the middle of the election campaign of that year that was taking up
so much of my attention. Honestly, it seems like current events to me.
Well, it
will be just that long until I am at the age she was today when she died
and I expect it will seem to be even shorter than the last 21 years. I
am reminded
of a Facebook post I saw a few days ago. It said, "it's really weird
being the same age as old people." I understand the sentiment.
Considering how much
time it seems has passed it feels like I just got through being a
teenager. I don't feel like an old person. But that twenty-one years
until I am the age
of my mother I am sure will pass really quickly for me and, frankly, I
doubt that I will get that far. At least, when she was the age I am now
back in
the year 2000 her health was a lot better than mine is right now.
___
Charles Bukowski “For those who believe in God, most of the big
questions are answered. But for those of us who can't readily accept the
God formula, the
big answers don't remain stone-written. We adjust to new conditions and
discoveries. We are pliable. Love need not be a command nor faith a
dictum. I am
my own god. We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state,
and our educational system. We are here to drink beer. We are here to
kill war.
We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death
will tremble to take us.” ― Charles Bukowski
On 3/29/2021 9:18 PM, Carl Jarvis wrote:
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That's hard news, Roger. When my grandma Ludwig died my older sister
said to our mother, "Well, she was 92." "She was still my mother,"
mother said.
When my mother's time came, she died of cancer at the age of 84. At
the time it seemed like an old age...but now I will be 85 next month.
It's never the right time.
My thoughts are with you.
Carl Jarvis
On 3/29/21, Roger Loran Bailey
<dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
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I suppose this is neither here nor there to you guys, but I am
mentioning it because it is strongly on my mind. It is on my mind
because I have spent all day dealing with the aftermath. My mother died
this morning. It was not with a lot of warning either. It was six days
after she entered the hospital and right up until last night everyone
was expecting that she would be discharged at any time.
___
--
Charles Bukowski “For those who believe in God, most of the big
questions are answered. But for those of us who can't readily accept the
God formula, the big answers don't remain stone-written. We adjust to
new conditions and discoveries. We are pliable. Love need not be a
command nor faith a dictum. I am my own god. We are here to unlearn the
teachings of the church, state, and our educational system. We are here
to drink beer. We are here to kill war. We are here to laugh at the odds
and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.” ―
Charles Bukowski
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--
Charles Bukowski “For those who believe in God, most of the big
questions are answered. But for those of us who can't readily accept the
God formula, the big answers don't remain stone-written. We adjust to
new conditions and discoveries. We are pliable. Love need not be a
command nor faith a dictum. I am my own god. We are here to unlearn the
teachings of the church, state, and our educational system. We are here
to drink beer. We are here to kill war. We are here to laugh at the odds
and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.” ―
Charles Bukowski
