journaler's notes 4.03.2006 21:48

he patiently cycles through his choices, apparently in distress. rocking slightly back and forth, considering options. his mother's home with controlling meds or without, or commitment.

previously he related how the meds made him feel tightly wound like a golf ball core and spun fast like a gyroscope. he joked how his electrolytes were imbalanced which was why he felt all these sparks going off in his body.

now he's very quiet.

journaler's notes 4.03.2006 19:10

the patient has three deadlines he knows he has to meet. yet others have appeared either not to notice. he must convert to medicare part d by may 15th or face penalties. by december 31 he must convert to a medicare health supplement. in his agreement when he got cobra there are also provisions for converting the insurance over. this is not being done. in any event his monies to pay for the insurance will run out at the same time his cobra coverage ends. his condition does not appear to be effective for local work, though he is doing fairly well when accessing the computer to take and upload photos and comments.

his other consideration is that technically since his mother has not probated his father's will the failure to act clause is operative since real property of significant value is not yet assigned.

 

rev james' recreating

do these two sites look familiar ?

 

tire tracks all across your back

here's where the property ends. even with the deadfall trucks get in.


 

slideways

really tall trees


 

past harvest

some need to have been harvested


 

thin

notiice how these trees are thin and spindly


 

up the hill

further in the hill gets higher and more impressive. i've rarely been here.


 

third creek

it isn't a big waterway, but it's significant enough to be the confluence of state water planning, e.p.a. oversite, local maintenance and recreation


 

golf course

there's a golf course next to the property now

ever heard of ents ?

 

patient landscaping

on the road out to the chapel are these fantastic old growths


 

author's note 4.03.2003 15:04

you'll note there's no advocate in this story. "advocate" comes from the greek "paraclete" meaning Spirit, found often in the new testament. in the legal sense "advocate" means one who publicly supports or recommends a particular cause or policy. today we find public defenders, prosecutors and zealous representers. rarely is there an advocate.

popular tv shows depict only defenders. we all are ready to defend someone's right from anyone except themselves.

aren't the u.s. rights based on life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness ? and you have a right as long as you can excersize and defend it. what happens if you no longer excersize the right of pursuit of happiness ? is the law saying that you lose the right to be happy if you don't excersize it ? will the law step in and make you happy ? or will the law enable you to be happy if you can't on your own ?

that's the real question here ... the ability to make your life into more than just life and liberty. how to affect the quality of life.

does that mean there must be an advocate ? there's certainly not a protagonist, maybe an antagonist. certainly stressors. but is any human able to provide for themselves that quality of life or do they require a soul mate ?

wordsback

the patient, as typical, took these facing backwards riding in the back of the truck going out of the property. 

they mean busines don't they

this sign was up at the original gate which marked the start of the property after the easement. it's been there 33 years. very significant number