"Think of journaling as baltering with pen in hand." ~ Terry Hershey

Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Pain Talks








While having my coffee this morning and trying to ignore the pain radiating from my elbows joints, I read this from an article about scientists trying to find a better pill than opioids for, yes, pain. 

Hedge trimming on the front hillside has gotten tougher and tougher each year. I'm not a fan of painkillers because I want to  know how my body reacts to what I'm doing. Learning to do less at a time makes it possible for me to do some each day. That's my goal. This morning's aches abated with coffee, but it was telling me I'd done too much yesterday. 

Modulating, I get. But graceful? I can only hope. 


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