HarryG's BLOG

Where has August gone?

Wow, today is the 26th already. This month flew by it seems. It started with a scare for us. My 91-year-old father had to be taken to the hospital in Macon, GA on 31 July with his blood pressure bottoming out at 48/28. Turns out he has a "mild heart attack" from being dehydrated. He had to spend two days/nights in the hospital to be checked out. This was his first time to be hospitalized in his life! Fortunately for all, my sister Sperry lives a hour+ away in Fayetteville, GA. She rushed down to Macon & stayed with him for the next six days. Linda & I drove over on the 6th and stayed with Pop until the 17th. He has recovered nicely, and the doctor says his heart suffered no real damage. His BP has returned to his normal 115/65 range without any medication. I take two BP prescription medicines, and my BP runs in the 135/80 range. I wish I had BP like Pop does! Unfortunately, healthwise I took after my mother.

When we returned on the 17th, I was way behind with everything -- bill paying, mail, reading newspapers and magazines, Internet emails at several sites, replying to on-line reviews received, etc. Plus there have been a couple of trips to White Lightning Road to visit with Uncle Travis since we returned. I finally got caught up! I finished preparing my posts for the Yahoo VBT book tour group last night for the September 1st & 3rd postings. My guest in September will be author Stephen Tremp who published the novel Breakthrough. Y'all need to drop in then to learn all about Stephen & Breakthrough. http://harrygillelandwrites.blogspot.com/

I finally found time to write a poem this month. It's entitled Graveside Grief.

Graveside Grief  (13+) A storoem about angels conversing about graveside grief. #1593778 by Harry

Well, I hope to see everybody on the 1st at my other blog. Please stop in!
http://harrygillelandwrites.blogspot.com/

Oh, the VBT group is starting a new feature this month. One site out of the group blogs is designated to be the mystery site for that month. One person from non-VBT-group members who leaves a comment at the mystery site will be selected to win either a book for the blog owner OR to have his/her own book promoted at the VBT group blog site. It's win-win! Either you get a great book or you get free promotion for your own book -- whichever prize you choose. Get more details at: http://vbt-writersonthemove.blogspot.com/ . You can also get a listing of the blog sites involved in the VBT group to allow you to visit the various sites and leave a comment for a chance to be the mystery site winner.

Cheers!

Harry