Dear Reader,
As always, you have my thanks for your visit. I am sorry to disappoint you by having only this note for you this time. I am going through a flu-like sickness (or the notorious flu itself) and it seems, the only reflections I can place in a coherent and cohesive writing frame are how big the impact of this condition is on me. For my multiple-decade long companion, Rheumatoid Arthritis (known briefly as RA) makes the matters worse. What kind of a Sunday read would that make?
I do, however, have a poem, “dis-ease”, on “my” RA for your review, one that has been accepted by Pastiche for publication in the Spring 2013 issue (not yet printed; the link, rather, will lead you to the literary work of other writers and poets but also to another published poem of mine):
today
gratitude stays away
“dis-ease” –
some want me to call it
those whom it does not visit
by no means “disease”!
twenty-four hours
year after year after year
my constant companion
fatigue, aches, fatigue, pains, fatigue, disorientation, fatigue
work gets done
must make a living
at what cost?
triple the rest
to do only the least
reminiscing
Hannelore Kohl
sun drains energy
body’s defective demands
merely that
today
gratitude stays away
I hope you will come back next week, as I very much look forward to you stopping by here again.
May your Sunday and your next week be one of the best times you have ever had.
hülyaswritings 
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Oh no! I am sorry to heart. I hope this week will be brighter and your ailment will subside. Your poem was poetic and poignant!
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Thank you, dear Kathy, for both sets of your words.
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