On July 6th, I will enter Mayo Pain Rehabilitation Center for its 16-day program. I will be in Rochester, MN, for over three weeks. 2026 got off to an inauspicious beginning. I had my 34th surgery—a left shoulder revision. Shout-out to the Oconomowoc Memorial Hospital staff for their incredible care. Then came the left hamstring … Continue reading No Longer in My Medicine Cabinet
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Keeping It Together While Falling Apart
(Today’s Pain Log) I’m writing this from the recliner that pretends to be a solution. It isn’t. It’s a truce. Ten, maybe twenty minutes of less-awful before everything starts screaming again. Nights are math problems I can’t solve: how many positions can a body try before it bargains with dawn? Quick status for those following … Continue reading Keeping It Together While Falling Apart
Hope, Dreams and A Change of Plans.
The transition from teaching to writing was supposed to be smooth. I had imagined that I would continue teaching until retirement and then transition into a full-time writing career. I hoped to get an agent, but as my wife says, “Hope is not a strategy.” So, I put together a business plan, intending to launch … Continue reading Hope, Dreams and A Change of Plans.
T.L. Johnson 