The Blog Continues

     I've been dead to the world this past week, so it's been somewhat difficult to take the initiative and resume my blog after the May 20 election. After all, there's a certain expectation that once I begin the blog, I will be making contributions of some sort on an ongoing basis.

     Part of the problem is, that prior to my "campaign" entries that were posted March-May, I was transcribing previous weekly newspaper columns that I had written. I have a few newspaper columns left at my disposal...but the big cache of newspapers from all five-plus years of my work...still hasn't been found. When I find it, I'll have a lot more entries to post on a daily basis. But in the meantime, I'm kind of dry on material. I'm not sure if my current chemo-filled, oxycodone-induced mind is capable of writing something relevant (not!).

     What I've decided to do in the interim is not write "columns" that focus on a particular topic...but rather a journal, or "diary" type entry profiling my thoughts for the day. Granted, it may not be as whimsical as some of my columns, but I'm hoping that my stash of newspapers shows up soon, anyway.

IT'S NICE TO HAVE FRIENDS!

     One of the American missionaries whom I met while I was an exchange student in Brazil, is now retired in Eugene. He found out through the gravevine that I had cancer, and he's meeting me for lunch in Sutherlin on Saturday.
     Other friends from my high school days have recently initiated contact with me. I hope I can stay awake long enough to converse with them all! I'm looking forward to being in the Oakland Community Theater melodrama the last two weekends in June...and right now, that is as far out as my "long-range" plans take me.