THE HYPOCHONDRIAC Aha! You may have pharyngitis, Or else a case of tonsillitis, Hope you don’t get laryngitis, Or an inflamed adenitis. If you drink milk, tuberculosis Germs abound, and brucellosis Birds can give you psittacosis, And beware of halitosis. Do you itch? That’s dermatitis, If you ache, that’s arthritis, Or possibly it is bursitis.…

SOME PRETTY AWFUL LIMERICKS A goose and a duck were both single, So together they thought they would mingle, But he honked and she quacked, And they didn’t get back, ‘Til both had become bilingual! There once was a man from Endako, Whose living was made with a backhoe, With this rig he did dig,…

THE DEVIOUS PLUMBER TO HIS LOVE With apologies to the author of “A Passionate Shepherd To His Love” Unplug with me the sink and tub, Where hairy folk their bodies rub, With lotions, soaps, oils and gel, Deodorized, to quell the smell. And we will sit upon the john, Seeing the grease and grime upon,…

OCTOBER Now that it’s October, And for sure our summer’s over, I dig up my window boxes, Pillage petals, roots and stalks ‘n, Fling the foliage on the ground; Dead plants lying all around. Replace them with some flowering bulbs; With thoughts of springtime I indulge. I tuck them in the rich black earth, Which…

My granddaughter Jennel just posted a spiel on Facebook that at one o’clock in the morning, appeals to me to greatly. Thanks Jennel, for letting me put this on my blog. I WANT THE WHOLE WORLD TO READ THIS!!!! Oh right, you didn’t give me permission to put this on my blog…. But I know…

CALL ME OBSESSIVE…. I found the following letter I wrote back in 1980s. Dear Editor, For many years the suggestion that my son’s marijuana use contributed to his schizophrenia lurked within the far dark corners of my mind. But the smart people I queried continued to pooh-pooh this possibility until I became convinced of the…

The following Letter to the Editor was in today’s [Sept.23,2016] Prince George Citizen. It has been a mystery for 25 years about what happened to the Jack family. Prince George Citizen September 22, 2016 10:04 PM How can an entire family go missing? On Aug. 1, 1989, the Jack family, Ronald and Doreen, along with…

[Written after reading an interview in Prince George Citizen. P. 8. April 28th, 2014] Post traumatic stress disorder, A highly-stigmatized condition, Suicides involving soldiers, On the Afghanistan mission. We were taught to hide our pain, Told to soldier on, Back home I was too wired, To let it go…. to stay calm. I tried to…

I’ve had a newspaper clipping stuck to my fridge for several years. The yellowing scrap of paper features a poem by Sandy Shreve, entitled “Crows.” I love the poem’s clever wording and the rhythm of its imaging – a fitting tribute for one of our most prolific and intelligent flying creatures. Sandy Shreve was on…

I just finished reading a wonderful book titled “Ice Bound” by Dr. Jerri Nielsen. The book details Dr Nielsen’s everyday experiences while wintering-over at an American research station at the South Pole. Dr.Nielsen has been hired as the resident doctor. She describes how a group of 41 people develop a special bond in the impossibly cold and totally isolated environment. It has been a warm and joyous experience until she realises she has symptoms of…