Rescheduled

by on May 7, 2026 at 12:01 am
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I went to the emergency room because I was having trouble swallowing. Nearly choking. Just on the edge. It is something that has happened before, rarely. Now twice in the same week. They did an X-ray and decided it wasn’t something to do with my chest that X-ray at least can see. After spending a night there, they sent me home with extreme suggestion that I get follow up. At the follow up with my care team, I was scheduled to get a procedure where they stick a tube down my throat to see what is going on. Today at 8:15AM. I went home, went to sleep to get prepare to go in the next day. After 3PM, they rescheduled to a couple weeks from now and did not inform me. I checked in for the procedure on Thursday and found out I wasn’t doing anything today. And there was nothing they could do. They did not have the capacity to see me, because the procedure takes putting me to sleep to do it, and they don’t have enough rooms to do it. I got people to cover me at work, I got people to accompany me, and nothing got done because they rescheduled me. And now I’m stuck hoping I don’t choke again, with no idea of why I’m having this issue.

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Swallowing

by on May 6, 2026 at 12:01 am
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Swallowing is something we take for granted. Until swallowing doesn’t work right. I spent the night in the ER because something is interfering with my swallowing process and causing me to choke while doing common things like drinking water or swallowing pills. And because I live near the Mayo Clinic, they are moving me through the process of getting testing very quickly. And this is why I live here.

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Snake Charmer

by on May 5, 2026 at 12:01 am
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I submitted another story to another anthology today. This was an already written story that I wrote last year and have been waiting to find a home for it. I saw one I thought might work and sent it in to it. We will see if they like it.

It is a publish I’ve not worked with before so it could be interesting. Or it could be a bust. It is far more often a bust, but you never win if you never venture. So I am venturing today.

Here’s to another possibility of a story I’ve written making me some money.

Gotta shake daddy’s little money maker somehow, and we all know I don’t dance very well. So here’s to making words dance. 😉

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House of Sand is Away!

by on May 4, 2026 at 12:01 am
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House of Sand is Away!

Submitted. In the E-mail. Off to the Internet.

Done.

It was a fun story to write. It took me a while to figure it out. A lot of research. The final nail that drove all the way in was finding a real life abandoned Umayyad fortress with a fresco of the Roman goddess Terra in it. I had to ask why the Umayyads had a foreign god in one of their fortresses.

The answer my mind came up with completed the story and it was fun. I hope the editor likes it as much as I do. 🙂

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House of Sand

by on May 3, 2026 at 12:01 am
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I just completed writing a new story for an anthology that I hope it will find a home in.

It is for a publisher I have worked with in the past on two other stories, and the editor has done well by me.

Well enough that I am happy to write stories aimed specifically at what she likes.

House of Sand has now been completed and I hope you all will get a chance to see it soon.

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