Wednesday, February 11, 2004

BITS AND PIECES, AND SOME HONEY

*** The photo is of Honey this morning as she waited at my bedroom door while I prepared her breakfast in the kitchen. This is becoming our morning routine.

*** There's no word from my sister as to how my Dad is doing; probably he's doing as well as expected. Unless there's an emergency I don't expect to hear from her until the weekend.

*** I love finding a great new CD even if it's been out for a while. Bruce Springsteen's The Rising is full of personal, moving songs inspired by the 911 tragedy and resonate on universal themes of loss and sorrow. The music, lyrics and voice are all mature and meaningful. My favorite tracks are Into the Fire, Nothing Man, Empty Sky, Worlds Apart, Further On (Up the Road), The Fuse, You're Missing, Paradise, and My City of Ruins.  

*** Tonight is the Finale of Celebrity Mole: Yucatan on ABC. It has been yawnalicious and probably the death of what was once an outstanding reality show before the show lost: 1) Anderson Cooper  2) 'real' intelligent and interesting people  3) interesting and challenging contests, and 4) (this season) their casting director. Ah, how I wish for a return of the show as it was in The Mole 2.

*** I'm into a second week of asthma and conjestion. Even on four medications including an inhaler I'm just barely getting by with the basics. Half the time I feel like I could pass out and my chest hurts from the coughing. It seems that I can never get away from allergies or asthma for very long at a stretch. In another month the pollen allergies will begin again. Sigh.


 

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

It may help you to know that wheat, dairy, and white rice cause congestion.

Anonymous said...

I agree with the previous post. So many foods and food additives can trigger reactions such as yours. Have you tried keeping a diary of sorts to see if you can find a trigger food?

As always, Honey is beautiful and she seems to be thriving with your love.

Anonymous said...

Cold is a huge asthma trigger for me. I haven't kept a food diary, but I eat about the same stuff all the time, conjestion or no conjestion. I'm lactose intolerant so don't do much dairy. I do use the soy non-dairy creamers. If I cut out wheat, dairy and rice what's left?! [Actually I don't eat rice much either, but do like pasta.]