BS: Continuing in Guam

Subject: RE: BS: Continuing in Guam
From: Ebbie
Date: 31 Oct 14 - 01:38 PM

TALU!

Subject: RE: BS: Continuing in Guam
From: Roger the Skiffler
Date: 31 Oct 14 - 06:00 AM

Best wishes today, Brett.
RtS

Subject: RE: BS: Continuing in Guam
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 30 Oct 14 - 09:22 PM

I hope to see a post from you soon saying that your surgery went well and was a success.

Subject: RE: BS: Continuing in Guam
From: Naemanson
Date: 30 Oct 14 - 07:51 AM

Tomorrow (Halloween) at 9:00 AM I am finally supposed to get my surgery. It had been scheduled for today but they postponed at the last minute. I drove over to Father Duenas to tell Wakana in person so she could express her frustration in person. I think my boss is a little frustrated too. I hope they weren't delayed while they sobered up the operating crew.

I am planning to have a picture taken of me lying on the gurney waiting for the surgery. I will email it to my co-workers and label it as my Halloween costume. I wonder if I can get someone to take a picture of me on the operating table?

I will tell the co-workers it is my costume and that I wanted to wear it to work but that I would have to bring half the hospital with me if I did.

I was driving to work a couple of weeks ago and saw a sunrise that just knocked my socks off. I was ready there and then to buy a large format camera and wait for a repeat.

I never saw the sun. It was a cloudy day. What I saw was the effect of the sun on those clouds. There was a bright spot on the horizon with waves of orange and pick reflected off several layers of cloud. As I drove along the colors spread out from the horizon to the clouds over my head. It was as if there was a fire burning way off below the horizon and the light was slowly illuminating the world.

Last night Wakana came to me to say there was a brown tree snake on the carport. We went out to deal with it. She'd placed a little bucket on it to keep it from escaping. It was about 3 feet long but very skinny with a wide flat head. I used the charcoal tongs to capture it and we tied it into a series of plastic grocery bags. The bag went into the freezer. No muss, no fuss. This afternoon while taking out the trash we added the frozen snake to the mix.

Must be bedtime. Gotta rise up for the cutter early in the morning.

Subject: RE: BS: Continuing in Guam
From: Ebbie
Date: 27 Oct 14 - 11:14 AM

Terry, you also met him at Camp Ramblewood, ddn't you? Wakana sang a song in Japanese as I recall.

Incidentally, it seems to me that your name should be Nimblefingers. :) Or at least SILVERfingers- that would be right, on so many levels.

Subject: RE: BS: Continuing in Guam
From: Leadfingers
Date: 27 Oct 14 - 04:53 AM

Wishing you well Brett - One of my better memories is meeting you and Wakana at Sinsull's in 2005 on one of my rare USA trips

Subject: RE: BS: Continuing in Guam
From: Charley Noble
Date: 26 Oct 14 - 12:10 PM

Brett-

Welcome back on board!

Charlie Ipcar

Subject: RE: BS: Continuing in Guam
From: Naemanson
Date: 26 Oct 14 - 07:31 AM

Today I printed my Pets in Guam and gave it to Wakana. I had earlier found her weeping in the kitchen and figured it couldn't hurt. She read through it with comments like, "I remember that," and "Oh, yeah!"

Much has happened this year. For those who remember my trip to the Philippines the operation may have helped somewhat but I still have difficulties. Now I have an additional problem with my left arm. A few months ago it suddenly began to feel as if I had just hit my funny bone. The little finger on that side lost most of its feeling. The feeling never went away. The doctor has decided the nerve is compressed.

I was scheduled for surgery but then developed a head cold which would have interfered with the anesthetic. So it was delayed. Now I am still waiting for a new appointment.

It has been so long since I played my guitar.

Subject: RE: BS: Continuing in Guam
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 25 Oct 14 - 09:15 PM

I'm sorry about Neko.

It sounds like you face more challenges at your new school.I look forward to reading more.

Subject: RE: BS: Continuing in Guam
From: Ebbie
Date: 25 Oct 14 - 12:17 PM

Me too.

Subject: RE: BS: Continuing in Guam
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 25 Oct 14 - 09:26 AM

me, too

Subject: RE: BS: Continuing in Guam
From: Roger the Skiffler
Date: 25 Oct 14 - 07:39 AM

Welcome back, Brett, I've missed your stories.
RtS

Subject: RE: BS: Continuing in Guam
From: Naemanson
Date: 25 Oct 14 - 07:16 AM

Hi, I'm glad you are sharp enough to know me even when I end up anonymous.

Subject: RE: BS: Continuing in Guam
From: maeve
Date: 25 Oct 14 - 06:40 AM

Welcome home, Brett. Many will be glad to see your writing here again.

Maeve

Subject: BS: Continuing in Guam
From: GUEST
Date: 25 Oct 14 - 06:22 AM

I have let this lapse and that is just plain wrong. We continue in the face of grief and exhaustion. I will reinstate this thread once more. I hope to make this the entry and to avoid the pull of Facebook on my time and energy.

I wrapped up the last thread with a long entry about the death of Neko and my new job. The last thread is Getting well in Guam.