Category Archives: Health

I’m healthy and resilient as a rule so I have trouble knowing I’m unwell. Along with feeling ill I’m like a fool confused by lassitude – I cannot tell how serious or real my symptoms are. Hallucination must be contact … Continue reading →

At first my limbs protest and muscles crack as they awake, and I must push my feet to drive the pedals down and then pull back. But soon my legs are pumping like the sweet repeating action of my heart, … Continue reading →

This morning as I pedaled on my bike, the music pumping rhythm in my head and coffee by my side the way I like my early exercise, the while I sped my body through that working half an hour, I … Continue reading →

“If only I could…” “You’re not old enough.” “But all I really want…” “You’ll have to wait.” More singular than Beauty’s rose and tough as diamonds to obtain, I dedicate intelligence to choosing strategy and tactics so my body will … Continue reading →

I used to be a sedentary child. My father called me vegetable, the noun both apt and mean, for though my thoughts were wild, ranging fantasies, I hunkered down inside my room, declined activities, and read and ate and dreamed … Continue reading →