Marsha's Blog

 Good Morning World! That's how I felt coming out of the trance they put me in for the angiogram. I was coming out of a well, but I could still hear and understand that I had absolutely NO blockage, and (after 4 hours of observation) I was free  to go home.  Very big answer to prayer, thanks so much.  I know most of you have been through these things and worse, but as a first-timer, it was a bit daunting. And now, on to the future. This last week we have celebrated Australia Day, a national holiday, celebrated much like America’s Labor Day, marking the end of summer.  Then alongside of this, I heard on the news that January 27 was the 70th anniversary of the closing of the infamous Nazi death camp called Auschwitz . Australia Day has long been protested by the Aboriginals and has mistakenly been re-named by some "invasion day".  But this year, there’s a growing effort to correct some misconceptions. This is not the day, as some believe, that we credit the B...

 Hello Fellow Followers! I hope you're still with me and doing well after I went all "troppo" and left you for about two months. Sorry for the abrupt departure but the cruise ship we were on set us adrift! Well, not exactly, but all the WiFi they promised turned out to be pretty much non-existent. Truth be told, that’s an excuse; the fact of the matter is, Tony and I both were feeling the effects of long CoVid, complete with chronic fatigue and a four-month-old cough that kept us awake 24/7.  To add to all the ailments, we discovered that after being several weeks on a rocking boat, our bodies had decided this was the norm. When we stepped ashore in Durban, South Africa, I had trouble walking for a few days.  They call it 'sea legs' and it's real. I would turn to the left and have to take a big step to catch myself because I'd overcompensated for the non-moving floor. When we finally arrived home in Australia to Grandkids, Christmas and all the excitement ...