PinnedNumber 47Number 47 I would have been the 47th statistic in the Canterbury Rehabilitation Center and Nursing Facility in Henrico, Virginia if I became a resident as I had planned. COVID-19 and a severe lack of care for these patients killed them. There was one nurse/aide caring for forty people during…This Happened To Me3 min readThis Happened To Me3 min read
Jan 1Santos, The Fabulist, and being a ‘fraud under the radar’.Today is New Year’s Day, 2023. Wow! I’m watching the morning news programs just like I do every Sunday, even though it is New Year’s. The talk is of Congressman-elect George Santos, of New York’s Third District in Queens. So many untruths! Where do I start? Why didn’t the media…True Crime3 min readTrue Crime3 min read
Jun 10, 2020An Update from the Bitchy CrippleAn Update from the Bitchy Cripple I’m Crippled and probably for the rest of my days and yeah, it will be one slow decline… going down. But I will enjoy myself. I have a sign in my house hanging in my kitchen, “Life is What Happens to you when you’re…Creativity2 min readCreativity2 min read
Feb 24, 2020National Caregivers Day, February. 21stNational Caregivers Day, February. 21st Today is National Caregivers Day. There is a report out that our caregivers often become sicker than we are because of the stress of taking care of a household, working at a job, taking care of us. It is so unfair to them! I need…Government2 min readGovernment2 min read
Nov 18, 2019I am a Bitchy Cripple and I intend to do something about it.I am a Bitchy Cripple and I intend to do something about it. First, I will share a Facebook post with my peep posse who followed the progress of my back surgery, which in all was a three year process: Facebook post, November 16, 2017 (six months and eight days…Medicine3 min readMedicine3 min read
Jun 24, 2019An EssayAn Essay “Music and my Father” If you asked me, "Abbe, what do you enjoy about your life?", of course, I would say my home life, my family, my spouse, my son, my dog, I can't complain. But, if you looked me right in the eye and asked me, what…6 min read6 min read