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Giving It a Rest
NMB, Florida October 28, 2001 A.H. Schectman
THINKING ALLOWED
Essays on Issues, Ideas and Reflections on the Times. Published Now and
Then. Opinions Pro or Con Are Welcome.
I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT GIVING IT A REST
You probably haven't been aware of it but Carol's thinking has been that I
keep recycling the same old ideas I've been writing about for years and that
others write about them much more effectively. I can agree with that. I
have been ranting about injustice and there is just so much significant
injustice to highlight amidst the jumble we have at all times.
However, I have been thinking about giving THINKING ALLOWED a rest. There
is another reason other than recycling old stuff. It is personal and, I
insist, is allowed. Here it is unadorned and plainly stated:
1. I lowered my self to the point where I have practically begged for
responses from my readers.
2. A great many of my supposed readers, like my son - light of my life -
just let them collect in a pile. There is no assurance that they are ever
read since no comment is ever forthcoming except answers to direct
questions.
3. I am a bit embarrassed to realize that I just go on and on and can't turn
it off. I am lucky, I suppose that I have this facility of sitting at the
keyboard and write without too many mistakes for my spell-check to deal
with. The student editors at the University Newspaper universally commented
negatively that where they were committed to brevity I erred in length. I
suppose that, too, is true.
4. In reality, I am preparing myself for a time (I hope it is brief) next
week when I will have a small operation on a tendon in my right thumb. I
have what the doctor called a "trigger thumb". It is less painful since he
injected it but I need to have it corrected - a job that is supposed to be a
simple in and out thing. There will be bandages, however, and I think a
rest will be indicated.
5. The really big thing is that Carol is in store for new knees later in
November. We have been to a slew of doctors and they cheerfully point out
that the pains she suffers need something more than Glucosomine Chondroitin
and Borage Oil. And, after many different formulations, we both take VIOXX
two times daily. This something will require three weeks in the hospital and
a lot of rehab and physical therapy. I will be needed to assist.
6. Let me put it another way. I am tired of having to read the papers
between 5 and six a.m. and pursue topics that I can jot down into a single
page - I have been doing this for some thirty years now. It just gets more
pressing to realize that my life has been defined as getting that essay out
each morning when I used to be inspired just once or twice a month.
So, let me give it a rest. See you another day.
Fondly,
Aaron
Carol's Evaluation: 10 out of 10.
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