Here's a photo that's quite different from the others, but I need something colorful today. This was a glass sculpture close-up that is on display at the Corning Museum of Glass, in Corning, NY, a nice day trip from here. When I was a kid, we first went to Corning, and I remember being very impressed with not only the glass-blowing demos but with the museum, too. I even met a glass blower some years ago that said he got into the business after a visit to Corning and seeing them blowing glass. Nowadays, they have an area where guests can try their hand at glass-blowing, too, and take home the object they make. Maybe next time I visit, I'll give it a try.
Why I needed to post something bright was to cheer up. I went to physical therapy today, which went well, and she measured my angles of how far I can move my arm in a number of directions, and they all improved. Then I went to the bone doctor who did the operation. He said something that is depressing. I guess he expected more range of motion by now, because he said that I may need another operation to remove the plate from my arm if I want full range of motion. Hey! I thought the operation was supposed to do that! Well, he never did make promises, other than he said if I didn't have the operation, I could never expect to have full range of motion. I guess I just hopefully jumped to the conclusion that the operation would eventually enable me to have full range of motion. I'm not eager to have another operation. I'll discuss this with my physical therapist, of course. She's very encouraging, but maybe she just cheerleads all her patients, no matter what their chances are. So the bone doctor left it that we'll see in another couple of months how I'm doing. I have another appointment in March. I guess if the plate is hindering my motion, then another operation is in the cards, but I really hate the thought of starting all over again. I need cheering up, but of course, nothing anyone can say will make my arm work better than it does. Only the physical therapy exercises can do that -- and maybe that won't work totally, either. If I have another operation, does that mean I'll have full range of motion eventually? No one will probably make that promise, so it's a gamble, but this isn't like a poker game, it's my ability to do things and move normally!
I found that you can burn off the vapor like in flaumbe (sp?), so I put some in a very small pan on low heat on the stove and lit it with a lighter. I let it burn off, almost to a boil for several minutes until the flame went out. The resulting liquid was sweet with a very light burbon taste, not like the original with alcohol. I did read somewhere that the alcohol adds tons to the taste. Well I guess I will just have to pour a shot glass of Jim Beam to sip along with my RY4 vape
Hi Matt!
