Old Lady Eye exam.

I have basically healthy eyes for an old lady. I have cataracts, but they have advanced very little, although they may be hindering my small print reading. I have a magnifying glass I keep handy. I have a mole in the back of one eye that has to be monitored as it could change for the worse! And I have dry eye, mostly in the winter. To help that the Dr. asked me if I was interested in trying plugs. They plug the drain hole in the corner of your eye so that more tears stay on the eye instead of draining away down your nose. So I am trying them. I can tell they are there. It feels a little like something in the corner of your eye, which, of course, it is. And my eyes seem to water. Went to see the movie The Informant and the eyes pretty much handled it, but I may have them removed as they are a bit irritating. Incidentally, if The Informant is any indication of how our great spy efforts work, like the FBI, I think I am worried. Here is a guy who at first you think is just dumb and egocentric, but who turns out to be very smart and egocentric. It was entertaining, and now we know how Madoff got away with bilking millions from happy campers, and assuaging the Sec of his doing any wrong by Wall Street. What are we thinking! Sure, I will give all my money to this nice white haired man who promises me so much. What could happen!

When in doubt we ask WWMD. That is What Would Miggie Do! Miggie is the cat. She knows how to sneak around, spy on things and people, sleep in a wild rose bush, come in from outside, demand food, skipper across busy roads (so far), and recognize what good captive people we are when it comes to food and shelter. She only brings in an occasional snake, or mouse, and then it is like it she forgot! Oh, this is the house!

We could all become isolationists. Just take care of your home base, take care of your own, and squirrel away enough provisions to weather a down turn. We could also reach out to those in need, still taking care to cover your own behind, but if push comes to shove, where do you think the heart goes? To each his own! More and more, I listen to the palaver going on around me, locally, in the news, from near and afar, it is the truth that one person really can't do much else than live ones life according to one's own tenets, and hope for the best. Does anyone realize how much most of the topics of the day have been discussed, like health care, going to war, staying in war, leaving a war, illegal immigrants, church and state, and still it is just blah de blah de blah! One can only hope that humanity prevails sometime, and we save this marvelous experiment we live on, the planet. That we get back our clean air, and clean water, and a chance to live a long healthy life enjoying the natural beauty that surrounds us, if we would let it, eat salads, and obtain the salad principal to contemplate for survival for all! Aha, the salad principal. I am working on it! TBC