I had a cortisol injection this morning to hopefully relieve pain and inflammation in my thenar eminence (thumb pad.) While I’ve had multiple covid, flu, pneumonia, shingles, and other shots in the last few years this one really hurt. Continue reading Is Pain A Good Thing?
I have previously written about the difference between how the world is and how we imagine it could be. Today I was thinking about the problem from the microcosmic point of view—the difference between what I am and what I wish I could be. Why is so much of our potential never actualized? Continue reading Thoughts At The End Of January, 2023
Mr. Daniel Gray, B.A. History, 2019, The University of Washington
I spoke with my good friend Daniel Gray yesterday for about 2 hours and, as usual, talking with him always makes me feel better and enriches my life. He is truly one of the finest people I’ve ever known. Continue reading Daniel Gray – My Good Friend
In the fall of 1968, I began watching members of the St. Louis table tennis club play in the auditorium of our church. I had never seen table tennis played at a high level so I was enthralled. Continue reading Playing Table Tennis
We declare at the outset that we do not make any positive assertion that anything we shall say is wholly as we affirm it to be. We merely report accurately on each thing as our impressions of it are at the moment. ~Sextus Empiricus Continue reading Disclaimer To All My Essays