THRU THE "VALLEY OF DEATH" RODE THE SIX HUNDRED" : QUOTE " GHUNGA DIN" BY RUDYARD KIPLING( A TRULY INSPIRING POEM/MOVIE, IN MY MIND}". YES, SQUIRRELS TOO HAVE MINDS, EVEN READ/WATCH MOVIES{ THOSE LONELY FREEZING, WINTERY NITES..WHAT ELSE TO DO}..LIFE CHANGES IN A FLASH..UPHILL BECOMES DOWNHILL..THOSE " HILLS & VALLEYS"..( FROM "JOHNNY CARSON"}..KING OF NITE TALK SHOWS FOR 25 YRS..LIKE A "NORTHEASTENER", A SOUTHER THUNDER BOOMER, AN ELECTRIC SHOCK, EVEN " THE BITE OF A SQUIRREL"..(DEEP & LASTING}..OF COURSE, NOT I...{REMINDS ME OF " DID I DO THAT" BY "STEVE ERKEL"}..CALL IT BY ANY NAME..WHEN U HURT, YOU HURT..IF U FALL, U GET BACK UP EVENTUALLY..EVEN A " SILENT EVENT{ HEART INFARCTION, STROKE, GAS????? CAN BE OVERCOME..MY " BFF" CAN TESTIFY TO THIS..HEY, WHENEVER HE GETS OFF THE FLOOR, THAT IS..ALL U " SUFFERS " OUT THERE KNOW WHAT U KNOW..IN MAY NOT SHOW TO THE OUTER WORLD..STILL..U KNOW THE PAIN..WHOEVER SAID" WHAT DOES NOT KILL U MAKES U STRONGER", IN MY HUMBLE OPINION, IS " NUTS"( PARDON THIS PUN}.ANY "BODY" CAN TAKE JUST SO MUCH OVERLOAD, SO TO SPEAK..ENERGY RESERVES R DEPLED..U " LOSE" A PART OF U..THEN , IF U SURVIVE, COMES THE REBUILDING PROCESS, TILL ANOTHER " SILENT EVENT"..A PART OF UR MIND " DREADS" THIS "COMING", WHILE ANOTHER PART TRIES TO MARSHAL REMAINING RESERVES..A CONSTANT BATTLE..AGAINST OVERWHELMING ODDS..MY POINT: THRU THE VALLEY OF DEATH MARCHED 600 BRITISH SOLDIERS, WHO WERE CERTAIN TO DIES AGIANST TURKISH CANNON FIRE..A MICROCOSIM OF ANYONES LIFE..HMM. GIVE THAT A " MOMENTS THOUGHT", WHEN U CAN..ADIOS....ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

"HOW SWEET IT IS, OR HOW SWEET IS IT?":WHEW..FINAALY GOT MY "BFF" TO RELINQUISH THE "MIKE" ( KEYBOARD}..HE'S "SENTIMENTAL AT TIMES{ "HONEY DRIPPING{ FROM ZEPPLENS'S BLACKDOG; ALL U ZEP FANS KNEW THAT, OF COURSE}. GOT TO GIVE HIM SOME " ROOM TO MOVE"( JOHN MAYALL'S BLUES BREAKERS..HE'S STILL ALIVE& A " GREAT ARTIST"..DID U KNOW..ERIC CLAPTON, MICK TAYLOR, JIMMY PAGE?, & OTHER SUPER STARS PLAYED W/ HIS BANDS OVER THE YEARS..MAYALL PLAYS "HARP,ORGAN/KEYS,WHILE SINGING+SOULFULL GUITAT..SHOUT OUT TO "LATE TENOR SAX, FLUTIST GREAT JOHN ALMOND/ JOHN MARKS: THE ORIGINALS", WHEN "BAND" HAD NO DRUMMER..SO MANY "SUPERSTARS{CHIGAGO LIVE ALBUM, ETC, HAVE PLAYED/RECORDED W/ MAYALL THRU TIME}..JUST " YOU TUBE" IT..U WILL BE " SO GLAD U DID"..TAKE IT FROM ONE " HEP SQUIRREL "..I'VE HEARD SOME OF THE BEST THRU THE AGES{ ON RECORDS/CD'S, OF COURSE.."TOO YOUNG". OH, BY THE WAY, ALL U " MED" STUDENTS, PROFESSIONALS, ETC..QUESTION:ANY SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO AVOID A SECOND " HEART INFARCTION"?. SEEMS THE 1ST CAN GO " UNNOTICED" AT THE TIME OF ONSET>>HOLD THE PHONE.. DO I HEAR " DUMB YORKIE" BARKING..GUESS SHE'S TIRED OF CHASING "MiSS SOPHIA", THE CAT, & WANTS TO GO FOR A WALK..SO GLAD SQUIRRELS DON'T "GO FOR WALKS" ON A LEASH"..SO HUMILATING, EVEN EMBARRASSING.. US " CRITTERS" ARE " INDEPENDENT CREATURES"..EVEN IF MY BFF PROVIDES MY FOOD & SHELTER, I'M " KING OF THIS CASTLE"..RAZOR SHARP CLAWS & TEETH TO BACK IT UP..MUST HAVE RUBBED OFF SOME OF THAT "BRONX" CHUTSPA, MACHISMO FROM MY BFF..TIME FOR "NAP"..ADIOS..ZZZZZZZZZZ