I am on disability due to my weight. Through Medicare, I have 20 rides per year. Well, I was told that after the twenty were used up that I would get twenty more that year by the sales rep. that convinced me to go with the medicare provider he was with.
Turns out that I only get twenty per year and medicaid in my state takes over a month to get you the vouchers to pay for the rides.
Tried to tell my brother, but he says that I should have been ready. How can I when I was lied to?

Just ran into a fascinating article on the social value of smoking. No, not the costs of healthcare, or the burden it puts on your body, or the damage to the economy in lost worker productivity. There are a million reasons to not smoke. It's not healthy for you. But...

The author of the article identifies the social role that smoking plays in social settings amongst smokers.

On the front page in the New Commentary Section, the subject of the comment and the name of the author appear. I wonder if the name of the story could also be included.

I have learned a lot by writing A Little Fox Tale. I had never written fiction before (unless you counted the enlisted evaluations I had to write in the military), and was unsure of the pacing and style. Also, I knew nothing about dialog. Getting my hands on and reading a copy of Inspiration for Writers by Sandy Tritt, and a copy of Mugging the Muse by Holly Lisle helped a lot.

I just finished Tiffany Shar's "Daring to hope". It really gave me pause to reflect. Don't miss it.

Greetings family, members, people, and others;

I've noticed that many blogs relate significant life events. I have good news. This hasn't happened since 2000. Probably most of you won't be especially interested, but maybe Angharad will care.