4.5.2019 – Stomach Flu

Winter Vomiting,

Stomach Flu, my Grand Daughter says,

Spilled my stomach.

Wrapping up a bad head cold, record pollen, headache and something like the stomach flu hits.

What a way to end vacation. Haven’t had it like this in years.

Brits call it ‘Winter Vomiting’ which maybe too close to reality.

Still remembering how my grand daughter, Azaria, describes it, made me laugh.

April 3 – Body politic?

Splintered body politic?
Hug imagined collective,
hope for the polity.

I just love the use of language and morn the state language is in.

This phrase was taken from” America’s vaccination crisis is a symptom of our broken society at https://www.theguardian.com/society/commentisfree/2019/apr/02/america-anti-vaxx-movement-crisis-broken-society.

Whatever side of this odd debate you come down on, the thesis statement that, “vaccination is a victim of its own success: we’ve forgotten how bad infectious disease is.”, is most chilling.

4.1.2019 – Spring Break

Hope Springs Eternal!
58 and on Spring Break!
Still like snow days, too!

Just to hear to school is off, on break or canceled and I get a jolt of joy in my heart.

I guess that isn’t so odd, but I enjoy hearing it about the Grand Rapids Public School system and I haven’t lived in Grand Rapids in 10 years and 2 of the three schools that I attended, Crestview Elementary and Creston High School, are no longer there.