Harold Being Harold – “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us” J.R.R Tolkien
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Going Back to My Blogging Roots
At some point in life, we all figure out what is important and what isn’t. It’s just taken me longer than most. I’ve been blogging since 2007 and I have written a lot of words over the years since that October day. It has been a big part of my life since then. Blogging still is…
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Post-op Day 6 – The Little Things
No, I don’t plan on doing a post every day with what is going on post-knee surgery. It’s more my intention to give some highlights on the progress I’m making and share some of the random thoughts that are clanking around in my head. The left knee is progressing as well or better than I…
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Post-op Day 3 – Progress
Three full days out from surgery and I think I am starting to make a bit of progress. The left knee is still quite swollen, but I am able to walk without crutches for short stretches. Which is better than it has been. There is a little disconnect between my brain and my left leg.…
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Post-op Day 2 – Embrace the Suck & Progress
Yeah, last night rather sucked, and today while better has meant more than a few grin-and-bear-it moments. This morning I took a Naproxen to take the edge off and while it isn’t really comfortable, at the same time I don’t want the pain to be completely masked either. If it is I would have the…
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Post-Op — Day 1 — About What I Expected
It is day 1 of recovery from arthroscopic left knee surgery and I am already walking without crutches. I surely didn’t expect that kind of response to the surgery. That didn’t last past noontime – when the drugs that block pain and discomfort for a false sense of progress wore off. Patience Grasshopper Yeah, those…
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My Thoughts on The Day Before Surgery
Well…tomorrow is the big day! Arthroscopic surgery on my left knee. It isn’t a life-changing event, but this surgery gives me hope of getting back to running once again in 2023. Something that I love doing and have missed so much over the past seven months. May 9th — the day when my Mantis rototiller…
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The Abyss and Our View
I’ve been wandering around this wonderful blue marble for a while now. The longer I continue to make those circles around the sun, the more I am starting to ask the difficult questions. Over the years I keep coming back to this short quote and the questions it brings change, the more times I go…
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Changes Are Happening
Most of 2022 has been a year of exploration, experimentation, frustration, and discouragement. Thankfully, the last month has been a month where things have seemed to sort themselves out. Need I say – FINALLY! The Left Knee On the 28th, I will be undergoing arthroscopic surgery on my left knee to fix a torn Meniscus…
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Mastodon – My Initial Thoughts
It has been a week since I started experimenting with using Mastodon and these are some of my experiences and thoughts about it during that week. Something I learned while using Mastodon made me realize I want more than what Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram are providing as my social media platforms. Especially, Twitter during this…
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Less Than Thirty Days until Left Knee Surgery
Have you ever had the feeling that something is going to happen, but it feels as though it is going to happen to someone else? Yet, at the same time, you know without any doubt that it is happening to you. That is the strangeness I am feeling about my upcoming arthroscopic surgery on my…
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A Quick Left Knee Update
In the month since I last saw my Orthopedic Specialist, not much progress has been made. The left knee continues to be grumpy, despite the Doc’s attempts to calm things down. The Knee brace he ordered became part of the problem and made the knee feel worse the more I wore it. Then the Naproxen…
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