08:45 pm
Just saw in Time that Adrienne Rich died. I'm heartbroken.
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What is the deal with Republican politicians becoming Roman Catholics? Governor Sam Brownback of Kansas converted, Contract On America Newt Gingrich did too; and master-pollster Dick Morris ... I am curious to know what has drawn them to Roman Catholicism, particularly?
Slush Pinball made ugly, vulgar, indeed, slanderous accusations regarding a young articulate law student's "employment" because she had the audacity to defend a woman's right to complete healthcare coverage in testimony to an informal congressional panel.
Any insurance company that already subsidizes 90-day bottles of Viagra for men should likewise provide synthetic hormones like medroxyprogesterone which is prescribed by some doctors for birth control, yes, but is also used for treating a variety of gynecological problems including ovarian cysts, endometriosis and menorrhagia. Synthetic hormones prevent ovulation and since it logically follows that without the egg to fertilize there can be no conception, so there is no threat to the "life that begins at conception" and no need to fight. In England, depo-provera (a brand of medroxyprogesterone) has been used to fight different cancers including those of the womb, prostate, and kidney.
But in the United States, synthetic hormones are controversial and many believe they cause cancer in/of or by themselves. And be clearly warned! if your doctor practices in a Vatican-owned hospital, it will not matter that you need medroxyprogesterone for a compelling reason other than birth control! Your doctor will not inject you herself or order someone else on the hospital campus to do it because there is no birth control in the Church's medicine cabinet. And I'm sorry to add: Prepare for fuss and fluster if and/or when you have to bring up synthetic hormones to your secular health insurance vendor. Their office pharmies will demand a copy of the diagnosis with physician's signature/s and any supporting test results that prove it isn't for birth control, and their telephone lackeys sneer and giggle when you insist you don't have sex. I remember it all too well.
Our dear Peter is singing in the Kenyon College Chamber Singers and they will be performing in Evanston this Sunday and I intend to move heaven and earth, if required, to get my mother there to see him. She will be able to give him his graduation gift in person, the silver pocket watch that my dad had long wanted and my mom saved secretly to give to dad as a surprise. Dad loved it and we hope Peter will too.
My mom's memory has taken a terrible hit and I am not sure what just happened. It was like she was getting better and then whap! she hasn't known boo for two weeks; I've called my mom's doctor's office and expect they'll see her before the end of the week. She seems so out of it but I feel more prepared than I was last year. I keep trying to engage her in conversation, about herself or what she watches on tv or anything that might draw her out; I rent or buy her favorite movies just to spark her memory, and sometimes she'll remember a little something about an actor or a film but it is rare. Indeed, she couldn't identify Montgomery Clift in Red River, a film she has loved since girlhood. I miss the person who was my mother.
First I would like to thank my friends and family who participated in the celebration of my 50th birthday back in December. It was special, very special and I will never forget. Thank you all. Please forgive as I am behind in my thank-you notes but most grateful nonetheless.
Secondly, I am beginning to feel the stirrings of Spring fever and the itch to get outside and go somewhere different for an afternoon. So, I am planning a visit to the Field Museum to see the new Genghis Kahn exhibit. He keeps coming up in my reading and I had recently concluded that I was woefully ignorant of him and his dynasty.
So in conclusion, I am delighted to report that I have something to which I can look forward! I haven't been to the Field Museum in years, and I am sure we will enjoy it!
Continuing tests on my eyes. Can't read what i'm writing. Miss being here but my eyes are working less than normal right now. I'm sure it will clear up as soon as the eye doctor diagnoses and I begin treatment. Guess I should consider recording voice posts. Hmmmm .....
Dear Friends I have not forgotten you! I am simply preoccupied at the moment. Everything will be fine I'm sure. I am looking forward to catching up with y'all!
There is something wrong with this LJ account. I can comment but when I try to post it forgets that I've already logged-in and requires me to do it again and again. I'm not sure what to do about it. I'm not even sure this is going to post!
I quit Facebook because it is too big and I am overwhelmed by it right now. I love my friends and I feel profoundly blessed to be held in such affection but I don't enjoy Facebook. It is hard to see despite magnification. And honestly, I'm not inclined to share what is going on in my life anymore than I enjoy the voyeuristic aspect of the Newsfeed; deep down the whole thing makes me uncomfortable somehow. So I deactivated the account.
Occupy Wall Street Protesters Serenaded by Pete Seeger
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/nationno
Marines Welcome Iraq War News--Bringing Them Home!
Saudi Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud Dies
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8
Libya Declares Liberation Timetable for Elections
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_no
Bachmann's New Hampshire Staff Quits
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-2
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