AS MY MANY OF MY FREQUENT READERS HAVE NOTICED, THE TEA ROOM HAS NOT PUBLISHED ARTICLES AS PROLIFICALLY AS IN THE PAST.
MANY OF YOU ARE ALSO AWARE OF AND KINDLY CONCERNED ABOUT MY HEALTH ISSUES.
WE HAVE YET ANOTHER DATE FOR SURGERY, IN FEBRUARY, IF I CAN PASS THE REQUIRED CARDIAC AND PULMONARY CLEARANCES.
WITH THIS ALLEGED 'LYMPHOMA' REMOVED AND WITH IT THIS ANCIENT SPLEEN, I SHOULD BE BACK UP AND RUNNING BY MARCH.
I INSIST ON QUALITY, AS MUCH AS I CAN MUSTER IT, AND RECENT ARTICLES HERE DID NOT MEET THAT STANDARD, WITH MY SINCERE APOLOGIES.
I AM DISTRACTED BY THIS CURSED AFFLICTION AND IT SHOWS.
JUST NOW, I WAS EDITING A PIECE TO PUBLISH ABOUT TROOP DEPLOYMENT TO THE NATO NATIONS IN EUROPE BY THE U.S., YET AGAIN, AND TO AFGHANISTAN, YET AGAIN, AND MY MIND WOULD JUST NOT CLEAR ENOUGH TO FINISH IT.
SITTING IS QUITE UNCOMFORTABLE AT THIS POINT, ALAS.
SINCE THIS IS THE UNFORTUNATE CASE, I CAN BUT TAKE A BREAK FROM THIS EFFORT, WHICH MAY SEEM ENTIRELY FUTILE TO MOST, AND NOT SHORTCHANGE MY READERSHIP WITH POOR QUALITY WORK.
PERHAPS, THERE WILL BE "GOOD DAYS" BETWEEN NOW AND MARCH, SHOULD I BE GIVEN MARCH, AND I MAY BE DRIVEN TO WRITE ABOUT THE THINGS I AM IMPASSIONED ABOUT ON THOSE DAYS.... BUT MAYBE NOT.
BUT BECAUSE I DEEPLY APPRECIATE EACH ONE WHO READS HERE, WHETHER YOU AGREE WITH WHAT I WRITE OR NOT, NO MATTER YOUR NATION OF BIRTH, RELIGION, BELIEF SYSTEM, ANY OF THAT, I FELT I OWED YOU ALL AN EXPLANATION AND THIS IS IT.
LET US CALL IT A 'HIATUS', NEVER A DEFEAT, NEVER A GIVING-UP, JUST A BIT OF TIME-OUT.
I WRITE THIS BLOG BECAUSE I CARE, BECAUSE I KNOW THIS TERRIBLE 'MAJICK' WE CALL THE INTERNET REALLY IS MAGICAL IN THAT, IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE, WE CAN REACH ACROSS AND SPEAK TO AND WITH ONE ANOTHER, SANS GOVERNMENTS TELLING US WHAT TO DO OR HOW TO DO IT, SANS EVERYTHING BUT OUR DESIRE TO COMMUNICATE WITH ONE ANOTHER AND LEARN TRUTHS TOGETHER.
THOSE OF YOU WHO PRIVATELY COMMUNICATE WITH ME REGULARLY, I WILL DO MY BEST TO ATTEND TO THOSE EMAILS, BUT FORGIVE ME IF I FAIL ONCE IN AWHILE?
MAY WE ALL FIND TRUTH, INSIST ON IT, DEMAND IT, BYALLTHEGODS, FROM THOSE WHO DARE BELIEVE WE NEED THEM TO RULE OUR WORLD.
WE DON'T NEED EVEN ONE OF THEM TO RULE ANYTHING..
AND, WE OUTNUMBER THEM!
WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF US JUST DON'T OPERATE WITH THE SAME DESTRUCTIVE, DOMINEERING AGENDA THAT THEY WANT US TO BLINDLY ACCEPT.
LOOK AT US!
WE DON'T LAUNCH MISSILES AT ONE ANOTHER OR TRY TO TAKE EACH OTHER'S RESOURCES, OR TRY TO GRIND ONE ANOTHER BENEATH A BOOT WHEN WE COME TO THE OLD TEA ROOM.
NONE OF US HAVE INVADED OTHERS WHO READ HERE, COMMENT HERE, BUT ALL COME AND GO FREELY, AS IT SHOULD BE.
WE JUST READ, WRITE AND GO ON, QUITE BRAVELY, I WOULD SAY.
IT WAS JUST MY "CRAZY DREAM" TO HAVE ONE WEE SPOT ON THE VAST 'WORLDWIDE WEB' WHERE ALL COULD COME AND SHARE ANYTHING, ANYTHING AT ALL, AS EQUALS, AS TRUE PEERS OF THIS PLANET EARTH...WHERE "COMMON MAN" COULD REALIZE THERE IS NOTHING "COMMON" ABOUT ANY OF US, THAT WE ARE EACH FAR MORE UNIQUE, FAR GREATER RARE TREASURES THAN ANY OF US HAVE PERHAPS IMAGINED.
AND THEN, WE COULD JUST "CHAT"... DISCUSS WHAT'S GOING ON ALL AROUND US THAT MAKES IT SO HARD TO BE ALIVE TODAY, BUT WHAT WE MUST CONTEND WITH IN ORDER TO SEE WAYS TO CHANGE IT ALL FOR THE BETTER.
ABOVE ALL ELSE, I HAVE HOPED FOR ALL MY 70 YEARS THAT PEOPLE WOULD FIND A WAY TO LEAVE AN INCREDIBLE WORLD TO OUR CHILDREN.
I HOPED THAT NO CHILDREN WOULD KNOW WAR AGAIN...SOME DAY...SOON.
I HOPED WE'D SEE WAYS TO JUST "COME CLEAN" AND TELL ONE ANOTHER WHAT WE SAW AS PROBLEMS THAT NEED ADDRESSING BY ALL, WHETHER IN THE WEST, EAST OR ANYWHERE IN BETWEEN.
ONLY UNBRIDLED AND PURE TRUTH, NO MATTER WHO IT HURTS OR HOW DEEPLY THE WOUND OF IT IS, CAN CREATE SUCH A LIFE AS WE'D LIKE TO OFFER OUR BELOVED CHILDREN.
MUCH LIKE THIS THING THEY CALL "CANCER", IF WE CAN CUT OUT LIES AND HALF-TRUTHS, THEY WON'T SPREAD AND KILL US.
WE ALL HAVE THESE EXQUISITE MINDS THAT NO COMPUTER WILL EVER MATCH, AND WE OWN THE CONTROL KNOBS TO THESE AWESOME "MACHINES", JUST US, NO ONE ELSE.
NO ONE HAS FOUND A WAY, THOUGH THEY HAVE DILIGENTLY TRIED, TO CLIMB INSIDE OUR MINDS AND "REARRANGE THE FURNITURE" TO SUIT THEM.
MAY THAT EMBOLDEN US AS NEVER BEFORE!
AS FOR EXCISION OF LIES AND CORRUPTION, THAT NECESSARY "SURGERY" OUR NATIONS NEED TO BECOME NATIONS "OF, BY AND FOR THE PEOPLE", FOR US "COMMON FOLK" ...TRUST ME... THE PAIN OF SURGERY AND THE SCARS LEFT FROM THAT ARE NOTHING WHEN COMPARED TO UNENDING PAIN UNTO DEATH.
THANK YOU FOR EVER ONCE READING HERE.
THANK YOU FOR THINKING INDEPENDENTLY, BRAVELY, HOPEFULLY.
I HOPE MY "ALL CAPS" WILL RETURN SOON TO MAKE YOU ALL WINCE WHEN YOU TRY TO READ HERE.
SAID WITH A SMILE, A WAVE, AND A "BE WELL. BEST REGARDS."
W.W.
THE HEMLOCK TEA ROOM & LADIES' EMPORIUM
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