Notes - caution /

       You are sitting in McDonalds on Montgomery Road near the I-275 exit; this is a mile or so from Bethesda North Hospital where Carol is having a simple procedure of her own. Linda is waiting with her. You will pick them up within a couple of hours. You want to work on Chapter Eighteen and we will, but first a word of caution. - Amorella

       0832 hours. This always causes me immediate caution with symptoms similar to that of goosebumps traveling up the spine.

       Why not down the spine rather than up? - Amorella

       0835 hours. Good question. I don't know.  

       Shivers or such coming down the spine are as from your brain while you have reasoned for five decades at least that shivers coming up the spine may be from the outside, intuition plus, so to speak. - Amorella

       0838 hours. Intuition is sometimes nothing more than heightened imagination projecting itself from a ceiling corner of a wall, always the right corner. Apparitions and such move from right to left across the ceiling in my head. Why? Who knows. What is the caution, Amorella?

       Do not become concerned about the number of hits the blog has been getting recently; for instance, last month you had 3500 hits; February, 1239 and January,  1311 hits. The numbers are beginning to 'shy you down' unconsciously; better to nip this in the bud. - Amorella

       0852 hours. I understand. The 'shy you down' also, at times works the other way and the imaginary theatre in my mind gets pumped for even more hits (let's see how high I can go and I could do this perhaps by adding drama or scenes like in a play, but this would be dishonest and honesty (consciously and unconsciously) is the only thing I have going on my side. Presently, I feel I can discern the difference but the/my mind and heart can be full of tricks for reasons unknown.

       Plainly spoken and true to yourself. The above two paragraphs are more soul guided to help you to be aware of the dangers, not to your person, but to your and my writings. - Amorella

       0902 hours. Being honest without noting possible self-deception is not clear thinking and self-understanding. How can I write about "the basic human condition" (as my favorite teacher, Dr. John Coulter, Chair of the Department of English at Otterbein used to say). I believe, as did he, that this is what all literature is, a study of the basic human condition. I observe others, literature of all kinds, and myself with this is mind. Our species can become prideful, arrogant and self-destructive within seconds and act impulsively. Okay, I am out of words here.

       Post. - Amorella

    0921 hours. Even without action thoughts are still real in one's consciousness.