2006 Recap

Well, this one was one for the books! We went to Abilene, TX in November for my Uncle Harl's 90th birthday bash. That was fun...

I was driving for Oasis Turf LLC all year again, except when I was off for a heart attack and bypass surgery.

Yeah, that's what I said. Had an attack on October 27th, in the WLA Veteran's Hospital. That was followed up December 15th with an angiogram, and they kept me in ICU until December 21st, when I received a 3-way bypass surgery. I was discharged on December 29th. With my birthday on the 16th and Christmas the 25th, all my holidays were spent in the Hospital.

Understand, I'm not complaining... I wrote a prosaic poem about the experience, see below.

Speaking of Poetry, I won a contest and got my poem into the National Poetry Anthology, "Immortal Verses", taking the Editor's Choice Award, with a 13" high crystal trophy, a bronze medal on a blue and white ribbon. and one of my poems mounted on a walnut plaque. Also, they were included in a 3-CD set to be given to nationwide homes for deaf children.

I was also awarded a membership in the International Society of Poets. 2006 was the second time I won a place in the Anthology (an annual event), the first time being 1987.