Oil and gas production and future site location for nuclear waste. Citizens here pay attention though and act against the corporate forces sacrificing their lands.
Once again, between the two of you....and I mean you, Will, and Ken, NO one knows what someone else is living through. What is anyone sad about, happy about, agonizing over, delighted about...what are the ups and downs they are dealing with, struggling over and on and on it goes. Yes, appearances are unfortunately used as a quick judgement of another person but we are all a book, you just don't know what's inside the cover. I am just grateful that both of you are so willing to share your lives in such detail. I think you can always count on this group of readers appreciating every word, learning from your writing.
Thank you Will, for linking disasters with autocracy. We shouldn't forget that D.T. is responsible for thousands of deaths during the COVID hardship. Our country suffered the most deaths by far, worldwide. People, many of his followers, believed his advice that the virus was like the flu, (which can also be deadly), that vaccinations were not necessary, that bleach might cleanse you of the virus. Yet, when he came down with COVID he did not reject the latest and best treatments at the hospital.
Thank you for sharing with us your personal glimpses into life with dementia. The heartbreaking, exhausting process that slowly steals our intellect, our ability to control our impulses, and those fleeting lucid moments when Bella fully understands her fate, your dedication, your love. Not many could do this publicly and to me, it is an invaluable education.
Those webs are a type of frost, I believe. They melt at a touch.
I look forward to reading your weekend posts, Will! I suspect many of us can relate to the daily patchwork of purposeful activity, interruptions, bouts of frustration and moments of futility that you describe so beautifully.
I grew up with parents who were too afraid and ashamed of emotion to ever admit to tender or difficult feelings. Everything was rushed along as if life were one continuous emergency. Only well after leaving home did I come to recognize this as their way of avoiding feelings… Your columns read to me like letters I wish my parents had been able to write.
Your description of life with Bella matches exactly my life as a care giver for my wife of 52 years and suffering from Parkinson's dementia. Your comments give me the strength to help get through every day. Thanks.
Ken and Will are outstanding teachers for people enduring trials and sorrow. The grace with which they are leading their lives is exemplary and a marvelous guide for humanity. Kudos to both!
Bless you, and Ken, for your continued grace. ✌️
My love to you and Bella.
I agree life is doing. Marice
Hi Will just saying hello from desert land in Albuquerque where there is boundless beauty and grave concern about continuing oil and gas p
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Oil and gas production and future site location for nuclear waste. Citizens here pay attention though and act against the corporate forces sacrificing their lands.
Liked everything you wrote today, but the caption on your last photo struck me as poetic:
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[Caption]
A misty early morning
this past week
accentuated the little pools
of finely woven webs
that spiders
(I assume)
weave among the needles
on the evergreen bush
next to our front gate.
Once again, between the two of you....and I mean you, Will, and Ken, NO one knows what someone else is living through. What is anyone sad about, happy about, agonizing over, delighted about...what are the ups and downs they are dealing with, struggling over and on and on it goes. Yes, appearances are unfortunately used as a quick judgement of another person but we are all a book, you just don't know what's inside the cover. I am just grateful that both of you are so willing to share your lives in such detail. I think you can always count on this group of readers appreciating every word, learning from your writing.
Thank you Will, for linking disasters with autocracy. We shouldn't forget that D.T. is responsible for thousands of deaths during the COVID hardship. Our country suffered the most deaths by far, worldwide. People, many of his followers, believed his advice that the virus was like the flu, (which can also be deadly), that vaccinations were not necessary, that bleach might cleanse you of the virus. Yet, when he came down with COVID he did not reject the latest and best treatments at the hospital.
Thank you for sharing with us your personal glimpses into life with dementia. The heartbreaking, exhausting process that slowly steals our intellect, our ability to control our impulses, and those fleeting lucid moments when Bella fully understands her fate, your dedication, your love. Not many could do this publicly and to me, it is an invaluable education.
Those webs are a type of frost, I believe. They melt at a touch.
Thanks for ALL this morning’s inspiration!
Shalom!
What grace you have, Will! We all need to remember...it is in the doing...one at a time. Thank you.
I look forward to reading your weekend posts, Will! I suspect many of us can relate to the daily patchwork of purposeful activity, interruptions, bouts of frustration and moments of futility that you describe so beautifully.
I grew up with parents who were too afraid and ashamed of emotion to ever admit to tender or difficult feelings. Everything was rushed along as if life were one continuous emergency. Only well after leaving home did I come to recognize this as their way of avoiding feelings… Your columns read to me like letters I wish my parents had been able to write.
Everyone should have a partner like you!
Your description of life with Bella matches exactly my life as a care giver for my wife of 52 years and suffering from Parkinson's dementia. Your comments give me the strength to help get through every day. Thanks.
Ken and Will are outstanding teachers for people enduring trials and sorrow. The grace with which they are leading their lives is exemplary and a marvelous guide for humanity. Kudos to both!
I've always enjoyed your columns, Will. Bless you and Bella.
what a lovely share ❤️
Nice articles. Hope I get to LARAC.