The Arm V
Progress
7/22/11
Things have progressed a lot since the first day of the break.
That first night and several following I slept in Al's big brown leather lounger. We put a sheet over it, then I sat on the arm to slowly lower my butt into the seat and get my legs facing forward, feet aginst the leg rest, The Broken Arm hanging at my side. With the chair half-way back, The Arm could dangle free it it's socket. With enough painkiller I could sleep. When sleep wouldn't come I plugged into the I-pad to listen to a lecture series Al downloaded from I-Tunes U. The lectures are on ancient Greek history by Donald Kagan of Yale University. I listen intently to his description of what and why in the rise and fall of Athens, Sparta, the Persian Empire, and finally doze off while Professor Kagan carries on through the night. I am now familiar with the first half of all his lectures and look forward to staying awake for the full lectures one day. These lectures are fascinating on the subject of what a democracy might look like and on the causes of war. I recommend them highly and will send you the link if you would like to pursue the wisdom of "the more things change, the more they stay the same." The current debt ceiling debate sounds to me like the Peloponnesian Wars Redux.
7/22/11
Things have progressed a lot since the first day of the break.
That first night and several following I slept in Al's big brown leather lounger. We put a sheet over it, then I sat on the arm to slowly lower my butt into the seat and get my legs facing forward, feet aginst the leg rest, The Broken Arm hanging at my side. With the chair half-way back, The Arm could dangle free it it's socket. With enough painkiller I could sleep. When sleep wouldn't come I plugged into the I-pad to listen to a lecture series Al downloaded from I-Tunes U. The lectures are on ancient Greek history by Donald Kagan of Yale University. I listen intently to his description of what and why in the rise and fall of Athens, Sparta, the Persian Empire, and finally doze off while Professor Kagan carries on through the night. I am now familiar with the first half of all his lectures and look forward to staying awake for the full lectures one day. These lectures are fascinating on the subject of what a democracy might look like and on the causes of war. I recommend them highly and will send you the link if you would like to pursue the wisdom of "the more things change, the more they stay the same." The current debt ceiling debate sounds to me like the Peloponnesian Wars Redux.
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by Dorothy Lawrence
