Category Archives: Health

A Tincture of Time

Posted on February 5, 2026 by sputterpub

“Let’s give the patient that,” the doctor said.And though I hear the phrase is often usedin medicine, it swept within my headas charming and intelligent. Excusedfrom every pre-planned date – on pause instead,and not ambivalent or too confused,we’ll macerate these … Continue reading →

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Territorial Groceries

Posted on February 2, 2026 by sputterpub

We’re glad he’s opened up. It’s good to seehim acting genuine (authentic, too).As vulnerably as he recentlybehaves, the tendency to overdois not surprising. Still, the snits he threw,protective of his weekly shopping list,were off-the-wall emotional. The stewwas served. That avocado … Continue reading →

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Wrench

Posted on February 1, 2026 by sputterpub

I thought I knew the plans for several daysahead, but recent circumstances threwa curve I can’t avoid, to skew my ways.I thought I knew. I’ll travel home. The acts that then ensuedepend on what a hospital conveys.Already I detect a … Continue reading →

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Home Stretch

Posted on January 23, 2026 by sputterpub

The circumstance that makes this age so fine,you say, is you can drop the social poseand be yourself. But that’s no goal of mine.I never could be other, and I choseand labored to be truly seen. My lineis not achieving … Continue reading →

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Twenty Twenty-six

Posted on January 17, 2026 by sputterpub

Near ten days into Twenty Twenty-sixI finished with the circum-holidays.The fetes were done, and down were candle wicks,the birthdays celebrated, and the mazeof novelties were solved. I need no fix –I’m feeling fine – I’m readying to blazea path projected … Continue reading →

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Return

Posted on January 12, 2026 by sputterpub

Invited to survey my every sense,I felt a twinge of warning in my spine,the fire on my left, and no offensereceived or sent to others. Peace was mine,and music was the rain – a bit intenseand coursing down the glass, … Continue reading →

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Well Being

Posted on January 10, 2026 by sputterpub

I have a day at home in perfect poise,with lovely rain outside and warmth within.I stretch, and am not bothered by the noiseof others, or complaint beneath my skin.I know the family has food and toyssufficient, and I feel the … Continue reading →

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Answering (L’s Question)

Posted on January 7, 2026 by sputterpub

I’ve lost some friends, I said when I replied.(The question was who do I hang with now).Some moved away, retired, and residein states I seldom visit. Others bowto an infirmity and don’t abideactivity. The saddest have lost howto think or … Continue reading →

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Chest Band

Posted on December 20, 2025 by sputterpub

At 9 pm, a sense of pressure tightacross my chest, as if there were a bandaround my torso, cued my oversight –attempting to find cause and understand,concerned at my advancing age it mightbetoken heart attack. I swiftly scannedthe prior day … Continue reading →

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Comment

Posted on December 19, 2025 by sputterpub

Your brain as a receiver could dispensewith several filters, now you’re fully grown.Perhaps the interventions make you tense,and though noetics aren’t nearly known,a subtle alteration makes some sense –a renovation deep within the bonemay modify your pathways and give pauseto … Continue reading →

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