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Night Owl Poetry – Dorinda Duclos

~ "The silence of the night awakens my soul"

Night Owl Poetry – Dorinda Duclos

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On Lock-down

17 Tuesday Mar 2020

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in My Thoughts

≈ 23 Comments

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#mythoughts, coronavirus, covid-19, dorindaduclos.com, health, Home, lock-down, Night Owl Poetry, quarantine, safety, virus

Hi Everyone!

I hope you’re all safe within the confines of your homes, and haven’t caused bodily harm to any family member also trapped inside with you.

In all seriousness…I do hope you are well.  We’re all good here.  The town shuts down at 8PM.  Food establishments can remain open but for take out only.  I can’t visit my mom because the nursing home is on lock-down.  No one in or out!! Hubby still has to work because he cannot work from home, and Lys has had all her pet sitting jobs cancelled. But better safe than sorry.  Who knows what could happen.  Hopefully, social distancing will help contain the beast that is COVID-19.

Please heed the guidelines put forth by your local & state government.  It’s for your, and everyone else’s,  protection.

Love you all,

Dorinda

 

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Happy New Year 2020!!!

01 Wednesday Jan 2020

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Holiday

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#HappyNewYear2020, #poetry, blogging, dorindaduclos.com, Grateful, happiness, health, love, New Year, Night Owl Poetry, peace, poems, support, writing

Thank you for all your love and support this past year. May 2020 bring us health and happiness, peace and love! ❤

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!!

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Get Some Rest – #poetry of a hospital stay

31 Monday Dec 2018

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Poems, Poetry

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#poetry, dorindaduclos.com, health, hospital, Night Owl Poetry, noise, poems, rest, tests, writing

 


Trying to sleep but they won’t let me

Blood pressure and temperature? Check ✅

Laugh when they tell me “get some rest”

But they keep waking me, what the heck!

My roommate has been yelling since 2AM

I finally called for the nurse

Decided there was no way to sleep

The day just seemed to get worse

Hoping to go home later today

So far, all tests have been negative

Waiting for breakfast to arrive

Praying it comes with a sedative!

 

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A Bit of an Update ~ The Days Ahead

05 Tuesday Sep 2017

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in My Thoughts

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dorindaduclos.com, essential tremors, frustration, health, illness, Night Owl Poetry, patience, Sjogren's Syndrome, support, Transverse Myelitis, update

Good evening/morning, dear friends,

I’ll try not to ramble, but please forgive me if I do  🙂

Most of you who have been following my blog for some time know how upside down my life has been over the past year and a half.  My daughter had been in and out of the hospital for most of 2016 and a part of the beginning of 2017.  She suffers from Sjogren’s Syndrome, among other things, and she’s only 27.  It breaks my heart to see someone so young struggling to get through a day that others think nothing of.  For those of you who pray, please keep her in your thoughts.  Thank you.  🙂

As for me, well, that’s another can of worms.  I suffer from Transverse Myelitis and was recently diagnosed with “essential tremor“.  To say this freaked me out, is putting it mildly.  There is no cure.  They will get progressively worse.  So, if I miss commenting or liking your post, please don’t hold it against me.  My days are filled with trying to take care of everything else, including beginning to pack as we’ll need to sell our home.  There usually isn’t time to take care of me, but looks like I won’t have much choice.  It’s getting harder to type, so I will eventually need to switch to my Dragon software and go voice to type.  I’m so frustrated over all of it.

I love you all, and always appreciate your support, from the bottom of my heart.  I haven’t forgotten you.  Just be patient with me.  I’ll figure it all out.  I’m not a quitter by any means.  I only know how to fight for what I want and this is a battle I am sure to win!!

~ Dorinda

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Just a note

08 Thursday Jun 2017

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in My Thoughts

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#poetry, break, concerns, health, writing

Dear Friends,

In the coming weeks, I will be posting much less than what you might be used to.  I am dealing with some health issues, and as you can imagine, my thoughts are scattered all over the place.  My writing has taken a hit because of it, and I need to step back and re-evaluate.

I will still be doing Morgan’s #DailyHaikuChallenge.  After 219 days I’m sure as heck not stopping now!  🙂 And my Wordless Wednesdays, with perhaps less photos. But my actual writing will be sporadic, at best.

Please feel free to stop by and read past posts, leave me a comment, even if it’s just to say hi.  I may not answer you right away (as some have already seen) but know that I am reading and will get to you ASAP.

This is life….and we battle on, and we sure as hell don’t give in.  I know I don’t….

Until we meet again..

Much   ❤
Dorinda

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