Monthly Archives: September 2014

Gray Beauty

The ocean mesmerizes me and even though it’s gray, it’s still beautiful.  I’m on the patio at our timeshare, enjoying the quiet rain brings.  The drips make musical accoutrements to the louder roar of rolling waves.  Even on a cloudy … Continue reading

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A Challenge

I am armed and loaded, not with medication, but with a protective coating of positivity.  Out with the negative, gray, soul-sucking, migraine fueling thoughts.  In with sunshine, lollipops, daisies and a Pollyanna attitude.  No, this banishing of the endless loop … Continue reading

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Blocks Take Two

Today I endured my second bilateral occipital nerve block procedure for chronic migraines in the last three months.  The first time I did just fine with a little help from a clonazapam.  But then again, there were only two needle … Continue reading

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One Hundred Eleven

It is absolutely, unequivocally unfathomable to me that if my dad were still alive he would be 111 today!  That makes me feel older that my own age does.  He was 53 years plus when I was born.  His three-packs-a-day … Continue reading

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Falling Into September

September in Oregon is most often a continuation of summer.  For me that’s a good thing.  Though I love autumn, summer has always been my favorite season.  I want it to keep on going, and usually we’re lucky enough to … Continue reading

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