She comes in every 1/2 hour or so to see if I have any garbage. If I'm napping or sleeping in my underwear, she tells me that there isn't enough garbage to take. I turn on my bed to ignore her. Can I do the dishes, she asks. Now I have to wake up and … Continue reading Castle Home
Category: Life in the Castle
People and incidents in Castle Vista
Thank You Note
I feel very grateful this morning to the strangers and friends who've helped me get through this rough patch of life. The actual (non-virtual) friends who always arrive with various foods usually from Trader Joe's on the Upper West Side and the web friends (Bill W. for example) and (Ruth) who've dropped $10 in the … Continue reading Thank You Note
Beck Returns
I'm back. Back at the Castle, whatever I was calling this place. The Mac Mouse with batteries had corroded while I was away. Spent last two days sneezing, coughing and cleaning the inside of the mouse. Everyone here has a cold. I went down to the3 "Wellness Center" to get an expectorant and was told … Continue reading Beck Returns
Dangerous Rollater
Once upon a time, in the Castle Vista, the dining room, which was the pride and joy of the owners as it overlooked Central Park, had chairs and tables that made it simple for Beck to get up from. Then they decided, of all the things they could spend money on: a real gym, more … Continue reading Dangerous Rollater
Analyze This
The real problem here, is that there are simply too many beings with dementia of some kind. I suspect that this is the major issue in most institutions dealing with the elderly. The second related issue is that "Patient Assistants" simply don't know the basics of how to deal with these people, especially the more … Continue reading Analyze This
Ghosts in the House Part III
I know it's been a few days since the last posts. But I had a wealth of information, and/or gossip come my way about the spooky "help me," voice I was hearing. If I remember, the last episode ended with me confronting one of the night staff . The blue coats that wander around, mostly … Continue reading Ghosts in the House Part III
About these sketches
All of the incidents that happen in these sketches are true except for the one I think might have happened but didn't: the throwing of the corn flakes. It's true that the woman who wears two completely different outfits a day has a fight at every meal. It's also true that she enter the dinning … Continue reading About these sketches
Scene from Speghetti Western
It really was a memorable night in the dispensary waiting room last night. I can never get the timing right. I try to get down there when it's empty so I can go right in and get my night meds. At 8 pm the place is usually empty, but last night the Mets were playing … Continue reading Scene from Speghetti Western
Wednesday in Al-Ezium
I don't need an alarm clock. Every morning, I hear the AlEzium mumbler from across the hall. Usually it goes on from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. "Alesium, alyssum, allahalla, al-mirorium, STOP!" Well technology and the hard-of-hearing don't get along very well. You would need DEEP MIND (or a another sort of quantum computer) to … Continue reading Wednesday in Al-Ezium
Oh What a Beautiful Morning
I may have mentioned this before, if so forgive me. There is a woman here, well put together, hair in a bun, fashionable clothes from the 50s, and made up to look like she was still in her 30s. None of that is important. Just a bit of background to the painting. What is important … Continue reading Oh What a Beautiful Morning
