I was very fortunate to have had such excellent care - to have been cared for and healed - at University Hospital & Clinics, a part of Lafayette General, an Ochsner facility in Lafayette, Louisiana.

I wondered how horrible the results would have been in another era, or presently in many other places. 3/3

3/
Does anybody really care?”) [Chicago Transit Authority]

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I know - many people have made messes, but it seems that people generally know how to get along (within their spheres), hang out with friends, watch the Super Bowl in the company of others, and live in concert with humans.

2/
Much of my life has been in turmoil - depressed, sometimes unable to function, losing friends, repeatedly creating or worsening problems … all while defying societal norms.”
Yet, here it is: this day of May 20, 2023. I am alert and yet - as so often - baffled … and alone. I still haven’t learned how to live - and am curious how it is that many people seem to know? * I still wonder, “what’s this all about - this life?”

(“Does anybody really know what time it is? cont/

[ This is a Substack Note from Rick's View.]

It’s 10:20 p.m. CDT on May 20th, and my 75th birthday is coming to a close. I never imagined becoming 75 years old - I did not expect to survive all my errors, recklessness, and brainless actions & decisions.

40 years ago - when Linda and I had just wed - my now-deceased Aunt Mary said, “Rick, you’ve made a lot of mistakes in your life, but you finally did it right. You are a survivor.” And I thought to myself, but did not reply, “So what? /cont