15 years ago in Nambe New Mexico on a cold snowy day a neighbor boy knocked on our door. He told us that his family found a puppy in the snow by the side of the road. He opened his hands to show us a little furry wriggling, whining fur ball. Getting a puppy was…Read more »
Author: ozelton
Shower Epiphany
I was taking a shower last night, I had my eyes closed and in my mind I imagined myself standing under the shower in Nambe NM where we once owned a magical home. I imagined myself in Santa Fe New Mexico, Marina Del Rey California, Warsaw Poland and Long Beach California. These are all places…Read more »
Livin’ the lake life
Here we go again! Ginny and I are making a move, we are heading north in search of our forever home. In a series of unexpected events we have arranged a new life in a town I had previously not heard of, Clearlake California. Unemployment was the catalyst that started us on this journey and…Read more »
(Blog # 6) Reading, Writing, the benefits of Cancer and a random photo of a squirrel!
I am by no means a writer, I am a reader, I love a good book and have been a fairly voracious reader for most of my adult life. The fact is that reading has sometimes gotten me into trouble, I have been known to read at red lights forgetting where I am until I…Read more »
(Blog # 5) And the Results are in!
And the results are in! Drum roll please! The bad news is that I have indeed had a relapse of the Lymphoma, I am no longer in remission, the cancer has returned. The good news is that it is a fairly non aggressive form and though it is not curable it should be treatable. I…Read more »
(Blog # 4) Waiting Sucks, Wish Me Luck!
It has been five weeks since surgery, five weeks full of anxiety, I was told it would take two to three weeks to get the results, and then four weeks, and finally I was told it sometimes takes up to five weeks. For a cancer patients time can be both a blessing and an enemy,…Read more »
(Blog #3) Visiting a Szpital (Hospital) in Warsaw Poland
Shortly after arriving in Warsaw I visited a local doctor and was told that he is 80 to 90% convinced that my cancer has returned and I am no longer in remission. At his suggestion I headed to a private Hospital, translated to Szpital in Polish, where I proceeded to make arrangements to see a…Read more »
(2nd Blog )Heading to Poland.
Ginny and I have been in Warsaw Poland for a few months but it has not been as smooth sailing as we would have hoped, there have been a couple of bumps in the road or in keeping with the sailing analogy, a few choppy waves with the possibility of sea sickness ahead….. Christmas 2015…Read more »
1st OZ BLOG
I am not quite sure how to start a Blog , honestly I don’t even know what a “blog” is, having said that I just looked it up and I now know what BLOG means, I assumed it was an acronym but I was wrong, it simply means web log, lose the we and throw the B next to the log and you get a Blog! Well now that I have sorted that out off I go with my web log!
EMPATHY PANCAKES
Last Sunday morning my wife and I enjoyed a nice breakfast together while sitting at the bar of a local breakfast joint. A gentleman sat down next to us and after greeting us with morning salutations a conversation commenced. We chatted about the weather and other such mundane pleasantries before the conversation took a surprising…Read more »