Such good graces that fall upon us – My MN CF provider said today: “Throughout this last year, we have had only one or two CF patients in house at a time, maybe. The inpatient coordinator has had to find something else to do . . . tasks . . . We have never had […]
Author Archives: Tessa
A fitting response
This week I kept thinking about Lloyd Bitzer’s “The Rhetorical Situation.” Who is he and what is the rhetorical situation? Loyd Bitzer’s “is regarded as ‘one of the most respected rhetoricians of the latter half of the twentieth century,” and his piece “The Rhetocial Situation” is the ‘single most influential piece by a rhetorical scholar […]
I will gladly pay you on Tuesday
This week I had to accomplish two gigantic things – I had to get two of my medications. Pausing – I am working on my approach. I try to be proactive. However there are time constraints and limitations; the insurance companies will not fill or process in advance. I still need to work on my […]
For the love of everyone
I have been working incredibly hard on my final project for class. I created a class with all the assemblages: Syllabus, class materials, research articles, texts, the final project and final essay and I choose to incorporate alternative options for the final project. Then trying to see if I could make the class engaging – […]
Little Lucy
I turned over in my bed to see, my friend, my doll my sweet, sweet Lucy. —————————— With only one eye. Her button black eye had come loose and I had no luck in finding it. ————————— I shook out the sheets, knelt down and peaked under my bed. Sadness fell a heaviness in my […]
We have come a long way –
This morning I thought I lost my Iceland hat. Retracing my steps and trying to see where I put it, I thought I had it when I was working the other day on school stuff. Ah-ha! It was under a couple books. This is what happens this time of year – books, papers, projects, piled […]
Dolly
So, some people may know, it’s not a big group of people that know, that I am a bit of a Dolly Parton fan. How can you not be? I watched her Netflix special the other day, and boy, I did not know some of those songs. Dolly walks into life and writes it and […]
Through and through
On Friday I got my third rejection from a literary journal. It is to be expected. It’s almost as if you have to collect the rejections like a pack of cards. What you do with them, or what your mind does with them is up to you. Another one bites the dust quickly goes […]
Breathing and believing
Breathing is hard work. Believing is harder work. I say that because breathing takes place from your autonomic system, believing does not. I am currently hopped up on some inhalers. I will explain later. I have been a bit frustrated. I have been conducting an experiment and it appears I cannot come up with a […]
Everything
I keep hearing my doctor’s voice – He puts his hands on my shoulders, stands right in front of me – he was 6 ft tall and I was me – and he says: “You can do this. You have to work very hard, but you can do this.” He would smile, take his hands […]
