Bad teeth

This is all about dental adventures.

  • my cat does not floss, and at age 15 needs plaque removal
  • Before the COVID pandemic I had a lower molar removed and bone graft installed
  • I once walked out of Dr. Kyles office when he wouldn’t tell what he was going to do
  • the next Dentist was also a private pilot
  • another dentist taught me self-hypnosis, but I also used it on friends in my neighborhood. One girl went into a trance
  • a later dentist taught dentistry at the U. of Minnesota
  • my first pastoral candidating Sunday was preceded by emergency filling repair early that Sunday by the local dentist who was also the choir director.

Maybe I have bragging rights for dental adventures ??

Various Disasters

Not that it was a disaster: this content was, formerly, the automated ‘first post’ created by the software. But my actual first post was about Bad Teeth, and although that was not a disaster, but more of a continuing story, it easily could have been a disaster more than once.

Failing to have a general theme, and thinking of several life experiences, gave me this inspiration for a general theme.

No doubt, some will accuse me of an Eeyore mentality or attitude. Which is OK since he was/is much wiser than many suppose, and puts us in good company with Ecclesiastes and Jeremiah. In fact, there are many contrarians whom I have appreciated and admired.

So here is a list of some general and various ‘diasters’ which I may choose to write about:

  • being part of several dying or deceased institutions
  • floods that came in 2006 and 2011
  • bad vehicle choices
  • other bad choices or situations

Its good to do this because it helps one reflect also on the results of these things – good things learned – character or skills built, ways to effectively sympathize or walk beside others – humility and gratitude and hope in the face of contrary facts, because we often miss the larger context or lack the ability to see clearly.

In the year 2020 this all seems particularly relevant.