Comments on: April 2008 Issue

By: Ash

Ash — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:07:38 +0000

I’m so sorry for the loss of your beloved Sparky. We love all our pets, of course, but sometimes, one just stands out.

The actual words to Robert Louis Stevenson’s “Requiem” follow. I think the poem could go on the grave of every one of our much-lamented pets.

Under the wide and starry sky,
Dig the grave and let me lie.
Glad did I live and gladly die,
And I laid me down with a will.

This be the verse you ‘grave for me:
Here he lies where he long’d to be;
Home is the sailor, home from sea,
And the hunter home from the hill.

By: Vicky

Vicky — Thu, 22 May 2008 17:29:19 +0000

I’m so sorry to hear of your loss. Those who are not “animal people” don’t realize the place these little visitors fill in our lives. It is one of the blessings of being human that we can love and be loved by fur people. Sadly, the price of love is always loss. But, the Essential Sparky will endure. Watch for him.

“Home is the hunter, home from the hill, and the sailor home from the sea.”

By: chadshaw

chadshaw — Wed, 21 May 2008 01:43:29 +0000

I’ve had The Word Detective as one of my faves for the last 7 years. I peruse through the archives from time to time and have enjoyed the commentary as much as the etymology. Thank you for seven years of enjoyment.
I’m very sorry that you have ms. I love the fact that you only give it the dignity of lower-case letters. I think that means you are optimistic.
I am a chiropractor and have the privilege to see miracles every day as I adjust my patients. Here is a link to a testimonial from Montel Williams about chiropractic and ms http://www.planetc1.com/cgi-bin/n/v.cgi?c=1&id=1200461686

I hope you find it useful. Thank you. You will be in my prayers.
Chad

By: Brian H

Brian H — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 03:14:58 +0000

I’ve become a (sometimes annoying) “glycerin evangelist”. It turns out to have marvelous normalizing effects on disturbed skin, in particular on psoriasis. Skipping past the (limited but suggestive) research basis for my use of it, I suggest taking it to see if it will help, on the thinnish grounds that skin and nerves are both ectoderm tissues.
The vegetable source stuff claims to be the purest, but any USP version should do. Start at a tsp/day and work up.