Thursday, August 10, 2023

Deft

68 years and three weeks

     I’m doin’ well these days. I think I’ve finally got my Medicare issues squared away. Whew!

     I’m up for chemo infusion #4 tomorrow, a really good thing. My oncologist is upbeat and so am I.

     I’m settling into retirement mode, and, so far, it's great. 

     The photo above tells you a little of what I’ve been up to: cooking, appreciating Polish pottery, researching and buying knives & citrus zesters, and so on. 

     I read a lot. I hang out with friends a lot. I listen to music a lot.

     I try to keep up with politics, world events. I often think: Sorry, younger generations. We’ve left you a seriously fucked-up world. It sometimes seems to be collapsing before our very eyes. 

     On the other hand, things are turning out pretty much like I always thought they would. A massive train wreck, in some sense utterly preventable.

     Among my older friends, I often joke, “Yeah, we’re gettin’ out just in time!” 

     Deft.

Richard Thompson OBE

Let me ride on the Wall Of Death one more time
Let me ride on the Wall Of Death one more timeYou can waste your time on the other ridesThis is the nearest to being aliveOh let me take my chances on the Wall Of Death
You can go with the crazy people in the Crooked HouseYou can fly away on the Rocket or spin in the MouseThe Tunnel Of Love might amuse youNoah's Ark might confuse youBut let me take my chances on the Wall Of Death
On the Wall Of Death all the world is far from meOn the Wall Of Death it's the nearest to being free
Well you're going nowhereWhen you ride on the carouselAnd maybe you're strongBut what's the good of ringing a bell?The switchback will make you crazy.Beware of the bearded ladyOh let me take my chances on the Wall Of Death

Let me ride on the Wall Of Death one more timeOh let me ride on the Wall Of Death one more timeYou can waste your time on the other ridesThis is the nearest to being aliveOh let me take my chances on the Wall Of DeathLet me take my chances on the Wall Of DeathOh let me take my chances on the Wall Of Death


Nobody hurts you nobody hurts you 
Nobody hurts you nobody hurts you 
Harder than yourself 
Harder than yourself 
Harder than yourself 
Harder than yourself


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