Notes - working the day / DNA space /

       Late afternoon. Carol and Linda are off on a walk about the neighborhood. You are feeling better but weary as you have had two lower back spasm attacks; one this morning and one this afternoon. - Amorella

       1731 hours. This morning I had just sat down on the side of the bed and was putting my legs up to lie down -- the lightning hit. This afternoon I was getting up from the bedroom chair when the same happened. The pain focus just out from the lower back as in a circle about eight inches in diameter. Arrggg. I am better though and would like to bring my mind back into editing and creating. We had lunch at Two Cities Pizza uptown; delicious then while running an errand to the Tri-County (I-275 and Rt. 747) area we had Graeter's once again for dessert. Then more errands and home.

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              1743 hours. I saw a note from my old friend and one time colleague, Bob F. He had a picture of him playing tennis at the British Club in Sao Paulo back in the very early seventies. Reminded me of Carol and my playing on the same clay courts. What days we had. I asked him if we played doubles with him and his wife Ann. He couldn't remember but he did say I taught him how to play chess. I liked the classy style and tone of the old British Club. I have long been an Anglophile -- I am not sure why.

       It is your love of British history and literature, in that order. It connects you first to the British Empire and ancient Europe, classical Greece, Rome and Egypt as well as India, China and Peru; all places the United States is not. Places that were or are more real than the United States to you; that is to say their cultural histories are older and that you feel that in a romantic way that your ancient DNA covers most of those histories one way or another. - Amorella

       1756 hours. I feel most all our DNA histories cover all of the world. It make the world more personal to me. Homo sapiens are the higher consciousness of the Earth. We are the nature of the Earth. The United States or any one country looks pretty small in such a large field of time and DNA space.

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Notes - home /

       Later in the afternoon. This is Amorella. On Saturday, Richard's lower back became more painful and he spent more time resting. Sunday, the pain grew worse. He spent most of the morning resting in bed. Shortly after two Carol came in and said, "Why don't we leave now rather than wait until tomorrow morning?"

       Since you had just taken the heat pad into use you agreed because the car has an excellent heating pad built in. By three o'clock they had packed the car and you had stopped for gas on West Shore and were off. You traveled to Calhoun, Georgia, going through Atlanta after nine -- no  congestion, no slowing down below fifty all the way through). You arrived at Calhoun about eleven and stayed at the Holiday Inn Express just at Kim and Paul had done. You were home by four-thirty in the afternoon. On the way you had made an appointment at the doctor's at eleven on Tuesday (yesterday). After a better night's sleep and more pain pills you rested and had a bath with the bubbler on. 

       Today the pain had not subsided enough to go downstairs until now. You have used the heating pad for the last three hours while sitting in the bedroom chair. Meanwhile, Linda had volunteered to drive up with you and Carol to help with driving as needed. It turns out you drove the whole way because you were comfortable driving. Carol and Linda went shopping yesterday and went again this morning and afternoon. They actually each bought something at the L. L. Bean store in Kenwood. Linda is flying home next week from Columbus courtesy of you and Carol. Linda said she was ready for a road trip anyway. - Amorella

       1720 hours. She was ready and very helpful for Carol in packing and repacking, etc. Besides, both like to shop even though they rarely buy anything. I am feeling better at the present.

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