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     5 years ago  

    Too sad - She fell and fractured her knee (who hasn't done that) but for her the consequences keep spiraling from worse to worser.
    Sam Bellotto Jr, founder and editor of Perihelion Science Fiction, had inflammation of the knee, and it morphed into an infection, an E.R. visit, and near death. He survived, but his life has not been the same, nor has his beloved ezine. I miss working with him as book reviewer and guest essayist. I miss HIM.
    Knees, knees, knees. Nothing to sneeze at. A mechanical joint, ball and socket, but oh, the power ...

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       5 years ago  

      Sorry, I feel a need to repeat and emphasize your message, @whatisnew:

      ...if your loved ones or friends have to be in the hospital, someone needs to be with them at all times to make sure they are being taken care of properly.

      It' all too true.

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         5 years ago  

        I am so sorry to hear about another knee horror story. You worked with him as a book reviewer? Your life is a full one Carol and your love for books and writing shows in your own great works. Thanks so much for your reply. : )

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           5 years ago  

          Thank YOU @whatisnew!
          Whenever I feel like a slacker, (and I am one), I tally up the book reviews and Steemit posts and Discord groups and writing workshops where I offered critiques (always unpaid) and all the Twitter posts promoting other authors.
          And I think, "I wasn't a total slacker."
          Just unpaid, and not boosting anyone's book sales.
          In a hundred years we are forgotten anyway, except a rare few like kings and conquerors, Mozart and Michaelangelo.
          Sam Bellotto's ezine though will be immortalized somehow, somewhere in the galaxy, where time and space and "how many readers" defy the reality we know. At least - I want to believe that!

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