May 2021 – Dr Rod’s Odd Blog (almondemotion)

To what extent has Covid damaged medicine?

the back wings
of the

hospital where
nothing

will grow…

Nakata, Aphasia and Sylvia Plath

Imagine being able to converse with a cat.

That’s what Nakata can do.

Roundabout discovery of a great French composer.

Facts can be convoluted or linear.

They can be jaggedy or zigzag.

They can be true or false.

Every time I stand up I fall over.

Older people falling is often a bad thing. The Kersh Condition and diagnostic heuristics.

What matters.

Anyone who has spent much time in hospital will recognise the phenomenon of the invisible patient.

Muffled sounds, drum beat and dementia

Norwegian Wood

Yesterday

Michelle

Penny Lane

All resonating, taking me back and creating an atmosphere.

Phone fraud and Mammeloshen*

I remember experiencing a sensation similar to that which a fly must feel as it slips down the throat of a pitcher plant. Suspicion mixed with curiosity.