The Scent of the Ballot
The Inescapable Legacy: GOP Candidates Struggle to Distance Themselves from Trump
By Brad Trom
A decade of leaning, of holding the nose,
Of bathing in sulfur where loyalty grows.
They welcomed the spray for the favor it brought,
Content with the aura and power they sought.
Now polls start to sink and the autumn winds blow,
And candidates scramble to bury the show.
They scrub at their websites, erase all the names,
And silence the echoes of previous flames.
They think a quick rinse or a profile update
Can wash off the marc they wore to the gate.
They hide the red caps as the midterms draw near,
And whisper new slogans to mask the fear.
The Records Remain: A ninety-percent vote for the agenda stays true.
The Residue Shows: No ad can erase what the past brought to view.
The Verdict: When voters look close at the grocery and pump,
They’ll trace every thiol right back to Trump.
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Stay Healthy
from Peace House Community A Place to Belong…
By MARTI MALTBY
I recently spent five days in the Hennepin County Medical Center, starting out in the Surgery Intensive Care Unit before moving to a regular patient bed. My experience reinforced one simple idea: take care of yourself and protect your health, because hospitals are lousy places to get healthy.
This isn’t a criticism of HCMC. The staff were uniformly professional and caring, doing their best to make sure I knew what was happening and what to expect next. If you’re going to have a significant health crisis, HCMC is a pretty good place to wind up.
The problem was simply that you can do most “healthy” activities in a hospital. All the advice on how to take care of your body and mind goes out the window when you are recovering in a hospital bed. For example:
Get eight hours of sleep a night – This is almost impossible. Depending on what brought you to the hospital, the staff may be required to wake you as often as once an hour to make sure your conditions are stable. Even if the staff leaves you alone, you have monitors beeping and giving off light all night.… Read the rest “Stay Healthy”
