Today I got a call from the VA Dental Clinic asking if I could come in at 3:45 instead of next week. I welcomed the opportunity because on the day I was supposed to come next week I had appointments with two other doctors. All I had was a cleaning and the hygienist was very skillful since she has been doing this for 25 years. After she was finished and I checked out my teeth in a mirror I told her I was never going to eat again so my teeth would look the same and I wouldn't have to worry anymore about a clavitron. When she said that bacteria would get in my teeth anyway, I decided that I would go ahead and eat after all--and I did. Rhoda went to the fishmarket and bought me a pound of Florida stone crabs--a shellfish treat. (The history of stone crabs and me can be found in "Life #2 in my book.) I love going to the VA for dental and medical work because I never ever had to wait more than 15 or 20 minutes to see a doctor. Besides that, the VA possesses all the latest high-tech equipment.
In Florida it seems that the most important and overriding topics to talk about are doctors, medications, restaurants, and food. These come before discussions about grandchildren and their parents. From the things I've heard about grandchildren by the pool, in restaurants, in the clubhouse, and other venues, I doubt that my generation will keep the title of "Greatest". In 25 years since I'm here, I have never heard of an unsuccessful grandchild who is either in day care, middle school, high school, college, rehab, or the work force. h h h f
Since my books were published, I've been trying to find something fun and rewarding to do and it isn't easy. I'm gratified and humbled by the fact that about 27 books have been purchased not counting the ones I bought myself. I only know about 4 or 5 people who bought one, the others are anonymous. Maybe I'll find a royalty check in the mail one of these days. Meanwhile, since I'm not able to play golf anymore, or take 3 mile walks or loll around a mall, I've been relegated to computer games. One of them is called "Jewel Quest", and I would advise you not to download or buy it because it is addictive. It's really a kind of solitaire game where you have to match cards and clear them from the table. If you're successful in getting rid of all the cards, then another game pops up with little thumbnails of various kinds of gems, and if you match them you accumulate points. I wound up with 1,437,000--but Rhoda beat me.
Now I really have to find something better to do than play games on the computer. Any ideas?--and don't tell me to "volunteer" somewhere. I'm not the volunteering sort. I need to be paid--either in cash or in some other rewarding way. I'll be looking forward to hearing from you.
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I thought you were thinking about writing another book. You were considering a non-fiction book about a philosopher (which is good because it would entail a lot of research). However, I think you should write a novel. Either about a philosopher -- or a mystery. Maybe a philosophical mystery.
I was thinking about writing a fictional biography of Spinoza or Aristotle or Socrates.
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