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“But to tyrants I will give no quarter.”

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“Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we’re being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I’m liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That’s what’s insane about it.”
— John Lennon

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“I’m no killer!” I screamed. But we’re all killers. Each and every one of us. We were born to die and it was always our responsibility to die and if any of us failed to follow it through, the next guy would let the clown have it. I’ve actually not been alive since Warrenton and even then, who’s to say.

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“You would think…” he began. Which irks me. Would you? I mean, you didn’t go over the instructions, first?

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“You got this,” I say, forcing the words lightly through my lips in a hiss… Not really believing I “have” shit. It’s got me worried about everything from the DISH I’ve been diagnosed with, interfering with nerves, to kidney stones or even cancer.

What if it’s cancer?

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I’ve been diagnosed with Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis, or “DISH”. It’s turning my body’s tendons and ligaments to bone, starting itself along my spine. Calcifying my joints. I worry I’ll soon be crippled.

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She wasn’t into the theories I espoused that warned of shit like coup d’état’s and jackboots and bonfires where her books used to be. Unlike me, she wasn’t seeing swastikas everywhere she looked and freight cars being marshaled strategically across the country. She didn’t like him, didn’t much care to listen to him. But was it really as bad as all this? And wasn’t I really only being paranoid and a bit melodramatic?

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“I’m on the Instagram!”

DANG!!! I had absolutely NO idea this bruise was even there! Had surgery on my left hand and arm, Wednesday (same procedure was done on the other hand and arm a month ago), and while the suture area on the heel of the palm just above the wrist kinda
Post-op report on the right hand/arm surgery: MAGNIFICENT. All’s well to proceed to the left arm and hand on the 25th! 💪
For context, I’m taking us back to when the apple and pear trees were blossoming. I’d forgotten to post the photos; here they are. SO beautiful. 😍
I forgot the pear trees! The new pears are also bearing fruit! And, each of the apple and pear trees in the front yard are grafted to produce a variety of different apples, pears.
Apples are popping up on the young trees in the front yard.
Highlight of my last ER visit: “Macho Man” Randy Savage showed up to feed me Slim Jims in my hospital bed. Brings a tear to my eye recalling the moment.
Steven Segal showed up, tonight, to check my pies.
New LP for the collection — who dis? ❤️
“CHEEESE!!!”
Pete.
Merry Baileymas! 🎄
Could AUTUMN be just around the corner? 🌻
My elegant sister Amy, enjoying her morning coffee in the garden.
Benji’s ready for bed. 🌙❤️
There’s a new lily in town…
A watering can full of yarrow.

Check out what I’ve been spying when allowing myself to get out and about!

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"Highway 61 Revisited" on vinyl, by Bob Dylan.
Kershaw Stainless Steel Carabiner Spork
Hide & Drink Leather Bookmarks (3-Pack)
"Catch-22: 50th Anniversary Edition", by Joseph Heller (hardcover).
Victorinox Nail Clip 580 Swiss Army Knife
Bacon & Egg UFO T-Shirt
Bicycle Vintage-Inspired Bourbon Playing Cards
Proctor Silex Deluxe Hot Sandwich Maker
Hide & Drink Leather Playing Card Case
Taylors of Harrogate Pure Assam (50 teabags).
"In His Own Write" & "A Spaniard In The Works", by John Lennon (hardcover).
7D Wet/Dry Head Shaver

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