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All The Way Live!

07 Tuesday Feb 2012

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I won’t lie. It is good to be back! I have missed being able to write regularly or semi-regularly. After three major surgeries in the last five years and finding different doctors, I am better than I’ve been in close to ten years. I’m not going bungee jumping or parachuting, both of which I think are nuts anyway, but I can go to a concert, participate in my own life as well as those people closest to me, and not spend so much time in bed because anything else is excruciating.

Maybe it’s the music, the group Evanescence from their recent eponymous CD, but I feel nearly energetic even after being up all night writing a new About and getting ready to open the doors on this joint. Maybe I’m just excited to be here. I’m home!

Gotta love iTunes! I’ve set it to go through my library randomly and just as I was about to tell you all what’s happened in my life these last few years other than being incapacitated, sick and dealing with depression–the last two still not fully under control–what starts playing but the Cheryl Lynn song Daybreak from her debut album. Yes, a-l-b-u-m. You know, those round things made of vinyl that are still preferred by some, especially DJs. Readers old enough may remember her disco hit Got To Be Real. The reason it’s so ironic is that it really is daybreak here and I’m supposed to be asleep so that I can go sit in yet another doctor’s office this afternoon. This is one I don’t mind. We need to discuss some issues and figure out a plan.

Yeah!! The Black Eyed Peas, Tonight’s Gonna Be A Good Night! If ever I doubted there was an external entity more powerful than any of us, I was just reminded that there’s something out there.

Peep this space either Wednesday night or Thursday. There should be another post and I hope to have ironed out any unwanted kinks by that time. If you’d like to just say “Hey,” try me on Twitter @TheWickedWoman1. I don’t tweet a lot, but I’m following some others looking for the fresh and comment-worthy. Whose blogs and tweets are you following?

I just wanted to add one more thing. Don’t get used to the sight of multiple exclamation points in my posts. I’ve used more in the last 40 minutes than I’ve used in the last decade. :P

Closed for the season

25 Thursday Oct 2007

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I honestly did try. Really. I just can’t make my body do what my mind would like. I need spine surgery to remove two cysts and fuse two vertebrae. Without that surgery I am in ever-increasing pain. I felt good enough for a few days to believe that I’d feel the same until I could get into an operating room. I was wrong. In the weeks since my last post, I have lost almost all ability to walk. Certainly, I’ve lost any ability to be pain-free without laying down. There is no way I can clear my head enough to write cogently on any topic at all even if I have very definite opinions about what’s going on in the world.

I was originally scheduled for surgery November 2. However, I learned earlier this week that my beloved, adored, symbiotically-attached-at-the-hip Airedale Terrier probably has liver cancer. “Probably” because we don’t know for sure and won’t find out until at least November 1. It’s possible she only has Cushing’s disease, which is bad enough, but also treatable. I can’t have surgery that will leave me out of the house for at least two weeks when I don’t know how much time I’ll have with her. The thought of her living her last days without me, and me without her, is far more painful than anything that could be going on with my spine. And so, for Lola and for myself, I’ve postponed my surgery. It is tentatively re-scheduled for the end of November, but I may have to put it off again depending on Lola’s test results.

Given this unfortunate turn of events, I deeply regret to announce that Words From a Wicked Woman will close until at least January and possibly February. I need to focus all of my energies on Lola’s health and my own. I have no doubt, however, that I will be back. Until then, I hope that you all have love and wonder in your lives.

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And Then I Said, “Oops!”

31 Wednesday Jan 2007

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Red CrossI had a very nasty fall the other night and injured my knee and foot. Right now I’m in a great deal of pain and can barely concentrate on what I’m doing at any given time. So, although this blog has just officially opened this week, I’m going to need to take a couple of days off while my body heals. I wish I didn’t have to do it, but there is no other way.

Although I am not up to writing at the moment, I will post an article I wrote a few years ago under my pseudonym at the time. I don’t know which one at this moment, but I’ll be sure to make it a good one. Hey, I can’t have you forget about me now, can I? Look for the new old article in the next 24 hours or so.