Tyler's Turn Blog

Only in Silver City

Today, like every good Northern European in Silver City, I made my annual visit to the skin doctor to have my moles checked. I had a rash on my upper lip that concerned me, so I asked him to look at it. He got out his magnifying glass, took a look, and said, "That's eczema. It's common in people who also have migraines, allergies, asthma, irritable bowel, and precognition."

Yes, he said precognition.

He went on to tell me that this cluster of conditions appeared in "all the Christian mystics. Santa Teresa, John of the Cross, San Francisco. Also, the dark night of the soul. Do you know that term?" I said I did, and I've had some experience with it. I also have the migraines and allergies, and I've had experiences that seemed psychic, and some mystical ones too. So, who knows?

Later, when talking about the moles on my legs -- which could very easily turn cancerous, and need to be watched -- he said, "If you ever have an intuition that one of them has turned bad, even if I don't think medically that it has, we'll take it off." He said this more than once.

I love Silver City, where the skin doctor tells you that the rash on your lip could be sign of psychic abilities, and that he trusts your intuition about your body over his medical knowledge.

Happiness Is Contagious


from Matthew Harding on Vimeo.

i got this from the Astronomy Picture of the Day Web site, where you can see it larger. They say, "Happiness and dancing transcend political boundaries and occur in practically every human society. . . . Happiness is frequently contagious -- few people are able to watch the above video without smiling." I certainly couldn't.

And to think I once believed dancing was evil.