 | A WRITER'S WIT |  D. Meier |
For both my subscribers and those who happen upon my website/blog, allow me to explain where I’ve been since the end of October 2025. (I invite you to subscribe; see note in column to the right.)
At that time I was experiencing great fatigue as well as balance problems and decided to take time off to see if I could rest up. Long story short: I received medical help which, of late, has included eight weeks of treatment from Fyzical Therapy and Balance at 68th and Indiana Avenue in Lubbock. It is the first organization that has been able to help me retrieve my sense of balance.
Amid all this action, my partner of nearly fifty years, Ken, died of cancer on December 9, 2025. The first three months of 2026 have involved a lot of changes: paperwork with regard to Ken’s estate, work that continues to this day; being alone in the house since the night of November 23, when Ken was transported to the hospital and never returned home and realizing that I indeed live alone. Realizing I have the power to now do what I want is a little daunting at times. Get all the little projects done in the house that have needed doing for so long, or find a smaller place? Go around the world, or travel regionally, nationally? Trade our two cars in on an electric, or how about a hybrid? Keep the Camry because even though it is eleven years old it still drives well and has only 37,000 miles on it?
The material things probably aren’t that important as I approach age seventy-eight. I should be more concerned with what I’m going to do with my life. What am I going to do each day besides the essentials? Except for Ken’s eulogy, I haven’t written much, certainly not in the way of fiction, which is my milieu. What to do, what to do?
I’m not sure, but I’m no longer afraid to explore. The world is my oyster, to borrow a cliché, and boy am I gonna fry me up a bunch!
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At that time I was experiencing great fatigue as well as balance problems and decided to take time off to see if I could rest up. Long story short: I received medical help which, of late, has included eight weeks of treatment from Fyzical Therapy and Balance at 68th and Indiana Avenue in Lubbock. It is the first organization that has been able to help me retrieve my sense of balance.
Amid all this action, my partner of nearly fifty years, Ken, died of cancer on December 9, 2025. The first three months of 2026 have involved a lot of changes: paperwork with regard to Ken’s estate, work that continues to this day; being alone in the house since the night of November 23, when Ken was transported to the hospital and never returned home and realizing that I indeed live alone. Realizing I have the power to now do what I want is a little daunting at times. Get all the little projects done in the house that have needed doing for so long, or find a smaller place? Go around the world, or travel regionally, nationally? Trade our two cars in on an electric, or how about a hybrid? Keep the Camry because even though it is eleven years old it still drives well and has only 37,000 miles on it?
The material things probably aren’t that important as I approach age seventy-eight. I should be more concerned with what I’m going to do with my life. What am I going to do each day besides the essentials? Except for Ken’s eulogy, I haven’t written much, certainly not in the way of fiction, which is my milieu. What to do, what to do?
I’m not sure, but I’m no longer afraid to explore. The world is my oyster, to borrow a cliché, and boy am I gonna fry me up a bunch!
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TUES 4/7: A Writer's Wit | Julia Phillips
WEDS 4/8: A Writer's Wit | Lisa Guerrero
THURS 4/9: A Writer's Wit | Nikole Hannah-Jones
FRI 4/10: My Book World | Maureen Dowd, Notorious: Portraits of Stars from Hollywood, Culture, Fashion, and
Tech
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