Donald Traxler's Poetry

Monday, February 13, 2023

Saturday, February 11, 2023

I rarely post color photos, but why not? It's a lot less work for me, and they are, after all, not art photos, but photos of record. A color photo also gives more information than a black-and-white photo. Since my goal here is to document the process of my aging, information is what it's all about.

In my previous post in this series, I mentioned having hurt my shoulder. Actually, I've figured out what happened, and it wasn't exactly that. About six years ago, while we were living in Uruguay, I badly pulled (tore? I don't know) a deltoid muscle in my left arm. It took about six months to heal, and it has been vulnerable to injury since then. I injured it again in the course of taking the cover off our new hot tub.

It's all too easy to forget that, as seniors, we are much more vulnerable to injuries than we were when we were younger.

Get someone to help you, or devise a method for doing the job that will put less strain on your body.

My current weight is 141.0 lbs. (64.1 kg). In three days I've gained 1.4 lbs. (.6 kg), and that's what allowing yourself a beer now and then, or maybe some snack crackers, will do for you. At least my wedding ring isn't falling off anymore. But I've got to watch it, because the weight goes right to my gut.

I'm still walking Betty, our dog, for about half an hour every day (except today, because here on the Gulf coast of central Florida it's quite stormy right now. Betty hates that, and I don't like it much, either).

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Photo - Still Life I

Friday, February 10, 2023

PSALM 15

Lord, who shall sojourn in your tent,

who shall dwell on your holy mountain?

They who walk immaculately and do justice,

who speak truth in their hearts,

and have no slander on their tongues;

who do no evil to their friends

nor take up reproach against their neighbors;

who despise reprobates,

but honor those who fear the Lord;

who stand by their oaths

even to their own harm,

and do not renege,

who do not lend money at interest,

nor accept bribes against the innocent.

Those who do these things

shall not be shaken forever.

Thursday, February 9, 2023

PSALM 14

The fool says in his heart:

"There is no God."

They are corrupt,

and they have eagerly done

abominable things.

There is none who does good.

The Lord looks down from heaven

upon the children of men,

to see whether there is anyone

who is wise or seeks God.

All have turned away and are depraved.

There is no one who does good,

not even one.

Will they ever learn,

those who do injustice,

who devour my people

as they would bread,

and do not call upon the Lord?

There they will tremble with fear,

for God is with a righteous generation.

You have put to shame the plans of the poor,

because the Lord is their hope.

Who will bring the deliverance of Israel

out from Zion?

When the Lord overturns the captivity of his people,

Jacob will exult, and Israel will rejoice.

Donald Traxler's Poetry

Monday, February 13, 2023

Still Life IV

Still Life III

Still Life II