After two days dedicated to our clogged stinking drain, the first with plumbers and the second with Benicia’s surprisingly accommodating sewer supervisor, Thursday last was at last the long-anticipated if also dreaded empty-stomached trip to Vacaville where, under warmed blankets and mild sedation, your correspondent was wheeled through a bewildering maze of corridors to have his eyes slit with tiny knives, their cloudy lenses sucked out and summarily replaced.
Afterwards I was carted home for avocado toast in the yard and rested for the rest
of the afternoon in a darkened room, watery eyes covered with plastic protective lenses.
This resting continued blearily through the night, slipping in and out of sleeping and then Friday, upping our odds with the Virus, it was back for another iteration of Hospital to have the work inspected in Vallejo for analysis of the results…positive so far.
Low-key healing followed, listening to podcasts Luz sent down and sharper visions
every day until the end of the weekend when, with pauses whenever those mild strobing
fluctuations recurred, a person could begin to get back to reviewing work for the Rollup Project
[March 27 – May 6] while all the while maintaining a mainly interior existence with exceptions,
mostly involving lunch out.
So far, so fine, as the Dems roll out the “B” Team [what does it say about the Process that all the candidates, proposed or incumbent, are septuagenarians in various states of deterioration? As a septuagenarian myself I’d say it’s utterly pathetic.] for the Spectacle Ahead…Perhaps
Sister Corona will have something to say about that; gimme a sixpack of Extra to go, please.
Next; banal images, sharpening up. Maybe.
well, here is hoping you can see everything more clearly now…through the murk and muck of what passes today for “normal” life. jeesh. On the other hand, maybe looking at the current world events through hazy lens would have put it all into a softer, more compassionate light and you will regret the lens upgrades…(not likely).
I second Kathy’s hopes and would like to add that unclogged sewer lines are also a huge positive, especially for us septuagenarians. Hopefully the strobing incidents have subsided, Coronavirus will stop spreading, the Blue Wave will gain momentum and sharper vision will be a good thing.
Congratulations on the Benicia Library show and the Rollup Project!
Hope to see you soon.
Had the same done a month ago, Michael. I decided to keep my myopia so I can read w/o eyeglasses. But what a relief it is to be able to drive on freeways and be able to read the signs to see where I’m going. Ditto congratulations on your Benicia show. That painting on the poster.. and not only, the paintings small and large you show in the photo above, are so tempting ! Tempting enough to tempt the devil. Just so, I hope yjay not a few of them will be visiting Benicia for your show. Hehe.
Comforting to hear that recovery is going well. This is something I think I will have to deal with in the not so distant future. Echoing Kirk’s hope that things come into focus…..your vision and a lot of what is happening politically! Excited and eager to see the work in your shows.
Good luck Mike! Take your time so your new lenses stick well. Congrats on the show, beautiful painting on the invite. Peace, Mr.E