Tag: children

  • Gluteal Massage

    Namaste The dialogue in my head starts like this: Eh…watch nah…nah fuh seh nuttin eh, but ting nah regula wid dah man. I was having a discourse with Mr. Toco who lets me see a little more of his world each time we meet. There I was, giving him a massage in bed while he…

  • Primordial Attributes

    Namaste We’re in…the New Year. Doesn’t feel new; feels like my regular comfortable clothing with a few stitches missing in the seam or a partly loose hem. But I hope it is new for you, though I rather suspect it will not remain that way. It will toss up a few surprises…the old things coming…

  • Massaging HIV/AIDS Clients

    Namaste When I think of HIV/AIDS red ribbons and African faces flashing across the television screen come to mind.    Words like retroviral, cocktails, discrimination, safe sex, latex condom, get tested, etc. are some of the words I recall, never is the word ‘friend’ associated with the disease.  Yet I have had a few friends who…

  • Spondylosis Encounter

    Namaste I finally checked the meaning of the word. Spondylosis. I had two clients in five day who told me that their Doctor suggested that that was their condition. Does anyone know why it is that Doctors are allowed to speak Greek and Latin to the English-speaking population? The Bureau of Standards dictates that importers…

  • Massage Approved by Cats

    Namaste I went down Memory Lane the other day.  It was not the kind of Lane with a rugged path and picket fences with paling staves that adopted a diagonal position from sheer lack of maintenance.  No.  It was decked out with a string of booths made of glass and I could see what was…

  • Zip-a-dee-doo-dah

    Namaste It was rather unwitting to have four holidays in one month. Someone ought to have known that it would backfire. Teachers do not want holidays during their holidays. Now that they have taken two days to rest and reflect there is a fuss. They still have two more to take… While they are reflecting,…