Category Archives: Blogging

Hopeless Sanity Breaking Corporation

Posted on August 4, 2019 by hirsutemal

How easily relative calm is broken. One would suppose a simple transfer transaction online, an action that I’ve regularly performed, would cause few if any emotional problems. That presumption proved false yesterday morning. Owing to malfunction of a security device … Continue reading →

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A Quick And Yet

Posted on May 22, 2019 by hirsutemal

Painfully restless nights have been showering me in abundance of late; how I yearn for those times when bed-rest actually proved restful and, one had the joy of waking refreshed to the new morn, albeit assisted by a strong caffeinated … Continue reading →

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Anticipating the Unexpected!?

Posted on April 2, 2019 by hirsutemal

Today, just sitting, no laptop, no tablet, no newssheet in my hands, none of the usual suspects for me to blame; just sat, watching a movie on TV when, suddenly, tiredness, acute throbbing pain in elbows and wrists overwhelmed me. The … Continue reading →

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The Old Familiars Return

Posted on February 2, 2019 by hirsutemal

And suddenly the old familiars return; I can’t say that they’re particularly welcome but, they do offer a distraction from more recent discomforting visitors. Just as I’d started to relax, after a few hours (as part of the last few … Continue reading →

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random onset – chronic & acute

Posted on October 21, 2018 by hirsutemal

This happens far too regularly and yet, it still catches me unawares, a total surprise. This afternoon, just relaxing with my faithful pooch laying beside me on the sofa,, when a sudden griping, annoyingly discomforting, ache in the armpits, brings … Continue reading →

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The Eye of the Storm – of health and non-well-being

Posted on August 14, 2018 by hirsutemal

The general state of my joints, muscles and general viscera this morning (Tuesday) could best be described as disconcertingly enervated. At least last night granted me a little more sleep, albeit rather unrefreshing, than was the case on Sunday night. … Continue reading →

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and suddenly they flow

Posted on August 7, 2018 by hirsutemal

  and suddenly they flow     “pains come and go and tears flow a creeping fermentation of an odious decay … “ – Malcolm Evison 060818   Today has not been the best of days, nor yet the worst; … Continue reading →

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memo to myself and others – re chronic illness

Posted on May 31, 2018 by hirsutemal

I’ve just been reminded, once again, by a friend’s misunderstanding whilst communicating via Messenger, of how much one loses when living with a chronic illness – in my case moderate ME (myalgic encephalomyelitis).   What they had failed to understand … Continue reading →

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Going Viral – a random note

Posted on May 31, 2018 by hirsutemal

Just gotta be honest; as I feel at the moment I don’t want to see of hear any reports of any text, video or image going viral. Since the end of last week I’ve been the victim of something viral, … Continue reading →

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just the start of another normal day

Posted on May 18, 2018 by hirsutemal

Where to start; how to define; what words can be used to describe another normal day. I wish to God I understood what is a normal day? Even my days, curbed by health restraints, proffer plenty of variety in terms … Continue reading →

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