Today Is ...

from husband Bill, May 12, 2026, at home

Since 1986, I have written more than 300 poems. While I have written sonnets and surrealistic poems, I have never written a limerick. Maybe it's time for me to do that: expand my horizon.

from husband Bill, May 12, 2026, at home

I like cashew fudge. Walnut fudge is good, too.

from husband Bill, May 12, 2026, at home

Thank you to the many nurses whom I have annoyed in recent years.

from husband Bill, May 12, 2026, at home

Mother's Day Video: Wide

From husband Bill, May 11, 2026, at home

Yesterday, I created and uploaded onto my YouTube channel a video as a Mother's Day greeting. (1 minute, 30 seconds) ... I uploaded it in the narrow format. Today, I uploaded the same video in the wide format.

Mother's Day: wide format (created: May 10, 2026; uploaded: May 11, 2026)

https://youtu.be/ghDCj4MadxQ?si=AH3MFhyLhdZT4VeK

Today Is ...

From husband Bill, May 10, 2026, at home

My Mother's Day Video

From husband Bill, May 10, 2026, at home

I created and uploaded onto my YouTube channel this short video today as a Mother's Day greeting. (1 minute, 30 seconds)

Happy Mother's Day (May 10, 2026)

https://youtube.com/shorts/LIWWzWTFlMw?si=_AbmKUGKXQLItZbV

"Mother's" Day

 From husband Bill, May 10, 2026, at home

Happy "Mothers of Invention" Day !!! The Mothers of Invention, or simply The Mothers, was Frank Zappa's band in the late 1960s into the 1970s. I am a huge Zappa fan. I attended one of his solo concerts in 1984 with my cousin Scott at The Pier, an outdoor theater in New York City. That's Zappa with the pigtails and wearing the blue-and-white dress.

From husband Bill, May 10, 2026, at home

Happy Mother's Day, guys !!!

From husband Bill, May 10, 2026, at home

I am a huge fan of the 1960s/1970s rock band The Mothers of Invention, led by Frank Zappa. "Motherly Love" is a song from the group's first album "Freak Out!," released on June 27, 1966. I attended one of his solo concerts in 1984 with my cousin Scott at The Pier, an outdoor theater in New York City. 

Happy Mothers of Invention Day !!!

https://youtu.be/fvzSF0Q4Gog

From husband Bill, May 10, 2026, at home

Today Is ...

From husband Bill, May 10, 2026, at home

I like Shrimp Scampi.

From husband Bill, May 10, 2026, at home

My transportation preference is the train. In the 1990s, I used to take the Long Island Rail Road from the station in Babylon, New York, to Penn Station in New York City for work. I would sometimes take the diesel train to the station in Jamaica, New York, and then change trains to The City. When I moved to Jersey City, New Jersey, I would take the PATH train to the World Trade Center.

I have also taken the train across the northern part of Austria several times to visit with my many Austrian cousins. I have been to Austria seven times for visits and to go skiing in the Austrian Alps with several of my Austrian cousins, starting in the early 1980s.

From husband Bill, May 10, 2026, at home

Today Is ...

from husband Bill, May 9, 2026

My mother worked for the U.S. Navy as a civilian.

from husband Bill, May 9, 2026

I am quite fond of butterscotch.

from husband Bill, May 9, 2026

I'm partial to argyle socks.

from husband Bill, May 9, 2026

Pie & Coke

from husband Bill, May 8, 2026

I do occasionally like coconut cream pie.

from husband Bill, May 8, 2026

I like regular Coca-Cola because it is orange based, but I also like regular Pepsi-Cola because it is lemon based. I am referring to the basic versions, not any of the flavored versions.

from husband Bill, May 8, 2026

Surgery Video

from husband Bill, May 8, 2026

I created and uploaded this video onto my YouTube channel to tell you that I am home from the hospital after today's surgery (balloon angioplasty, left leg, no stent needed). (53 seconds) ... I am blessed to have survived my NINTH surgery since March 2022.

Home After Today's Surgery (May 8, 2026)

https://youtube.com/shorts/FCZtedBPfCA?si=ve6Ii7aq8jDs_kh3

Home After Surgery

Hello, folks. I am home from the hospital after today's (May 8, 2026) surgery (balloon angioplasty, left leg, no stent needed). I am blessed to have survived my NINTH surgery since March 2022.

Pre-Op

from husband Bill, May 8, 2026: in pre-op, awaiting surgery (scheduled for 11 a.m.)

Surgery Today

 from husband Bill, May 8, 2026

Surgery this morning, angiogram, collapsed artery, left leg, possible stent, related to artery-bypass surgery in November 2025 ... See earlier post for specific information.

11 a.m. : surgery
9 a.m.: pre-surgical testing: blood testing, X-ray(s), EKG

from husband Bill, May 8, 2026

I checked the tarot cards before this morning's surgery. BAD IDEA !!! Yes, I know that the Death Card typically means the end of an aspect of your life and the start of something new. Perhaps this will be the end of my long line of surgeries and the regaining of my health. (Hey, if it's my time, I wish you well.)