Walter de la Mare

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I loved Walter de la Mare when I was growing up.  He had a way of creating visual images for me

"Swiftly, silently now the moon
walks the night in her silver shoon."

I had to illustrate a poem for a high school English class and chose this one.  The teacher argued with me about the word shoon.  She thought I made it up.  I had to show her the original out of this book before she would believe me.  My dad liked de la Mare and used to read to me out of this collection.  I still like it and him, but because we may have to move, I need to downsize and some things, although they still have precious memories, need to go.  Lots of good material in this book.

tooth loss

Had to go to the dentist this morning.  It was afternoon before I exited.  The dentist and assistant worked through their lunch hour for me.  Something that makes me feel a little better about myself.  That may be I have some value if someone was willing to do that.  I knew going in that it was a distinct possibility I might loose a tooth.  Not that I take bad care of my mouth, usually at cleanings I get compliments.  I had x-rays the last time I had a cleaning and nothing was amiss, so this must have developed since then..

I have had pain for a month, but with the wedding and husband's job woes and loss, I ignored it.

I don't mind much loosing a tooth, I've already lost a thyroid, a large chunk of my arm, my appendix and most of my self esteem.

This problem was caused from an old filling that resulted in nerve  decay and finally an abscess.

Bad as it was to loose a tooth, it was healing to have some attention paid to me.  Hasn't been much of that around here lately for various reasons.  Don't get me wrong, I'm not addicted to pain and don't have Munchhausen's, but I can see how it could happen.