potpourri

"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there."

Will Rogers

 

so it's 5:25 a.m. - have been up for an hour now, and on my second cup of coffee, getting caught up on journals, reading news and email.  in the news - 2 more women have died from taking the abortion pill.  and the fda doesn't want americans to order their drugs (for a better price) from canada for WHAT reason?

oleg cassini has passed away.  i bought something with his name on it once.  can't remember now what it was, and i don't have it anymore.  i've never been much into designer anything.

worked thursday and friday at the prison.  it occurs to me that my work is my life and vice versa.

a couple of the inmates were glad to see me.  one, because he watched the nurses scramble to try and get into the computer.  they need you, he told me.  they don't know beans about what you do.  frankly, i think they've done a great job, but it was good to be back there with my friends.  we were a good team.

there is a nurse there who has a gift.  i knew it immediately, because i have one of my own, and so one day i approached her and asked her point blank - are you an empath?

a strange expression came over her face and i thought - i've messed up.  but she followed me outside later and said..you have to be careful who you tell.  not everybody understands.

and then she went on to tell me of her experiences.  so i pegged that one right.  she was just stunned that she was approached about it.

a few weeks ago, she picked me up at the hospital for a function at the prison.  i wanted to talk with you in private, she told me.  then she pulled out a gift wrapped box and said - this is a crystal, and here's what you do.  wait until the next full moon, then soak it in sea salt overnight to purify it.  after that, nobody but you should touch it.  it'll sharpen your insight.

now folks, i haven't gone to communing with crystals or anything like that...but i soaked it and carry it in my pocket, and that's as far as it goes.  my insight is a bit too sharp already, for my taste.

but this gives me a great idea for a short story.  gonna go work on it now.

y'all have a great weekend.