Tag: life

  • How beautiful…

    we can rebuild her, we have the technology1 An intraocular lens (IOL) looks like a small, clear plastic disk with flexible, wire-like “haptics” (springs) that hold it in place inside the eye.  A personal lens: glass bending rays.2 I am now the proud owner of what surely must be the two most valuable eyes in all…

  • Essex Joyspotting #1

    The scarlet of the maples can shake me like a cryOf bugles going by.* Autumn is, and has always been, my favourite time of year.  ‘Though many people are saddened by summer’s end, for me, fall was a beginning — a new school year!  I loved school.  During the summer break, I missed my teacher(s)…