This, That, And Those Other Things, News And Muse

This, That, And Those Other Things
News And Muse

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Well, things aren't moving in Syria  fast enough that more innocent people are being slaughtered daily, which doesn't surprise me.  I'm starting to think,  that whole thing is part of a wider conspiracy somehow. Why else would opponents be dragging their feet so much on this most pertinent issue?

Japan rattled by yet another earthquake of 6.2 or 3 magnitude. So far this is reported as not causing any major damage or loss of life.  Personally,  for me if I lived there, I would be seriously thinking about moving to the mainland by now.  

Here in Alberta,  winter is dragging on stubbornly while the east has been basking in unseasonably great weather including the smashing of previous records.  Unfortunately in the greater Toronto area I believe their weather is drastically affected by the high amounts of air pollution.  After a 23 year absence from Ontario I went back for 2 years and it wasn't even close to the same climate I grew up with.  Today's summer humidity there is so stifling as to be unbelievable.


It makes one wonder when you see commercials for insurance using the fact that the Canadian Government only pays up to $2500.00 towards funeral expenses, while funerals true costs are $10,000 and up.  This is so typical of our Government.  I guess we are supposed to be thankful they are offering even that paltry sum.  But how about they put the payout to $5000 to even the playing field a little more for impoverished Canadians ?


Health Canada is still letting Aspartame suck the life out of Canadians at an alarming rate.  Wake the hell up and lead instead of following the U.S like a bunch of retarded sheep.
Being proactive has never been an attribute of the Canadian Government.  As long as I waited to see the Conservative party in power, I'm beginning to have a lot of doubts as to the leaderships abilities.  I see the NDP as a real viable party to take the lead.  If we could just get corruption and dishonesty out of politics and replace it with integrity and accountability,  we would see great things accomplished.  Ya like that's going to happen !


Health Care in the U.S. is under attack,  and so it should be.  The U.S. is one of the only industrialized nations that doesn't have a health care program that provides care for everyone, which I find is outrageous in this day and age.  I think both the U.S. and Canada should take a closer look at the U.K.'s National Health Service as a model to build from.
I lived in the U.K. for 4 years and the N.H.S. is remarkable in my opinion.  People there complain a lot about it but then they probably have never been subjected to health care in the U.S. to see how good they have it.


It's really hard not to comment on the blatant and total ineptness of Mitch Romney,  and especially the fact that his comment on Russia being the U.S.'s greatest geopolitical threat and foe of the U.S. angering the Russian President.  If only Mitch had subscribed to the old adage of : If you don't have anything intelligent to say, don't say anything at all.  All I can say is that if this guy gets elected the U.S. can kiss any chances of ever being a world leader again goodbye.

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FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS

FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS 

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Technology is advancing by leaps and bounds and it's always a pleasure and exciting,  to be able to see the latest gear related to anything and everything.  Robot's that can drive a car unassisted through a road course and do better at it than you or I. Tents that can be hung off the ground,  much the same as a hammock.  Pills one can swallow that contain a tiny camera that gives a real time report on the condition of your throat and stomach.

How about a Trans-Atlantic tunnel that can shuffle passengers between Europe and the America's,  in less that an hour.  These things are in the works already.  It's also predicted that a large number of Androids will enter law enforcement,  be extremely effective,  highly intelligent  easily be able to take on 10 or 15 people under a pressurized situation and will be able to move swiftly to perform hundreds of functions in a lot less time than it takes a human to perform.

Humans are and will increasingly be able to replace worn out limbs, body parts,  and even replace skin with an artificial skin replacement.  Farming is moving and will continue to move towards indoor growing of crops as weather becomes increasingly unsettled and unpredictable.  

Super phones and computers that will leave present technology standing still.

Hopefully,  smoking will be a fading memory soon and become a permanently extinguished habit.  Aspartame will be banned totally from production within the next 7 years.  Alternate fuel sources will be discovered and enter mass production in autos within the next 12 years as oil reserves dry up.  Tires on automobiles will become a thing of the past as technology creates the ability for a vehicle to hover close to the road without making contact while driving.   

Of course with all these advanced technologies,  come warnings and dire predictions for the future,  like deadly heat waves and earthquakes that cover wider expanses and the re-awakening of faults that have been mostly inactive for many years.  There's no question,  we are really living in exciting times that are capable of delivering new technologies at a rate that far surpasses and before it.  Now if only we humans could move at the same speed to embrace peace,  tolerance of others,  and integrate fair and accountable,  responsible Governments,  then we truly would be advancing with the future.

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Renewal Revival

RENEWAL REVIVAL

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Everything old is new again.  Well actually it's still old, but it's increasingly in vogue these days.  Lots of old things are gaining a whole new popularity, even if they are used for something completely different than their original intended use.  Recycling is an age old pass time and anytime you can use something more than once and use it for a clever purpose is a good thing.

The truth is that there is some kind of use and afterlife for almost everything we use today.  At minimum, it's plastic or paper packaging and good only for recycling to make other paper cardboard or plastic products containing post consumer content.  When I finish using up a product in any kind of large plastic jar with a lid,  it usually goes to keeping birdseed in or to a use for gardening.  If I have enough, it goes into the recycling.

A lot of old curtains end up in the landfills and are replaced with new and more expensive ones,  but these old curtains are often overlooked as something that can be renewed by cleaning them and either bleaching them or dying them a different color and even adding a swath of contrasting other material to them and creating something really different and funky.  The material is often of fine quality as well.


Netting that typically contains onions and the like can be reused to put bar soap ends in and tie them up and fasten to your outdoor faucet for a quick hand wash while working in the garden.  Alternatively, they can be filled and fixed up with a suet mix or similar mix for birds and tied to a tree branch.  I grew up on a farm, so I'm well aware of many of these tricks of getting second uses from things.  My grand parents like many of yours,  I'm sure,  wasted nothing and were quick to scold you if they saw you being wasteful.  My grandfather used to recycle magazines by putting them in the outhouse.


People back then and in times before,  like that of the Great Depression and the 2 World Wars had to be thrifty out of necessity and became very good at it.  Of course being creative helps a lot to this end,  but what you don't know and lack in creativity can be easily found out on the web or in books on the subject.  A lot of recycled plastics are now being turned into hoodies and I think that's an incredibly creative and great use for plastic.


I've had expensive bird feeders get knocked down and broken by high winds but when the same thing happened to a bird feeder that I made out of a recycled 2 liter plastic bottle which was just as effective,  It wasn't a big deal to make another one or hang the same bottle back up if it didn't crack.

I've noticed that trendy stores are now selling cabinetry and tables that look they were originally from barns,  workshops or perhaps old quaint cottages.  This decor looks highly simplistic, stressed,  and clinically plain,  and goes for exorbitant prices.  Saw some lovely planters and planting tables at the same place,  made from reclaimed wood.


Re-purpose baby food jars to create a whimsical garden path with the jars planted upside down into the path or make them part of your tool bench to store fasteners or other small parts.  re-purpose an old wooden ladder to create an overhead rack with hooks to hang pots and pans on.  Re-purpose old sweaters and blankets to recover chair seats or reupholster furniture.  Clean up old trunks and use them as end tables or coffee tables.  When considering projects to make,  thrift stores can be a great place to start,  and take your imagination with you.


Take an old medicine cabinet and turn it into a wall mounted mini bar, particularly useful in small spaces.  Mount an old ornamental soap dish to the wall near your front door as a key dish.  Use an old toothbrush holder to hold stems of small flowers.


Some people look at an object and all they see is the object for what it is, while others have the ability to see it for what it is and several other things it could be.  An old headboard can be re-purposed as the back of a bench.  Old drawers or crates can become shelving units.  You are only limited to the extent of your imagination to create stuff like this.  Recycling to re-purpose things can be very rewarding and for the creations themselves,  the sky is the limit. 

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Historic Military Facts You Probably Didn't Know ( Part 3 of 3 )

Military Facts You Probably Didn't Know

( Part 3 of 3 )

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Odd Man Out

The last man of the British navy that was ever hung from the yardarm was John Dalliger, of the H.M.S. Leven,  on July 13, 1860,  in China for attempted murders.

H.M.S. LEVEN

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It's All In The Name

You can tell her heroes from the pubs names and the beers they drink there.  Admiral Keppel,  Admiral Codrington, Lord Nelson,  The Duke of Grafton,  The Marquess of Granby, The Grenadier.  Many pub names in the U.K. commemorate historic military events and the heroes that fought in them.  Heroes of Lucknow pub  in Aldershot,  memorializes the Indian Mutiny.  Mafeking Hero, ( Bishops Waltham ) memorializes the Boer War.  Trafalgar,  Waterloo,  they're all there.  One never knows whom you might be quaffing a pint with,  at least in spirit anyway.

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L12 Over And Out

      

The first of many bomb dropping German Zeppelins ever shot down at night over Britain was by Leefe Robinson of Harrow Weald,  in Middlesex in nearby Cuffey in 1916 while flying his 2c night fighter. 

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Code Name Pluto

Pluto was the code name for the undersea pipelines constructed in WWII leading from the English Coast and Shanklin on the Isle Of Wight to Cherbourg in Normandy and Boulogne in France to supply petrol to the advancing allied armies.  They were named Dumbo and Bambi respectively,  and were a colossal undertaking and a marvelous feat of engineering .

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Wife Broke And Whipped

Sultan Ahmed I of Turkey started in effect,   a silk war with Persia in 1611 because he couldn't afford gifts for his 3,000 wives and was determined to acquire, 1,000,000 pounds of silk for them.

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Bad Temper Leads To Hot Boxing

Siraj-ud-daula became a nabob of Bengal at age 19,  in 1756 and broke away from the British raj.  He attacked Calcutta,  sending Europeans living there running for the safety of Fort William,  headquarters of the East India Trading Company.  Thinking that a great treasure was hidden in the fort,  he became angry with the Europeans

when they could not lead him to the treasure and stuffed 145 of them in a 18x15ft prison cell.  Given the fact that it was the hot season, by morning only 23 prisoners had survived the night.  Lord Clive took the city back in 1757.

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Marching Marathon

Craufurd

Sir Arthur Wellesley who would later become the Duke of Wellington fought in the battle of Talavera in Toledo Spain.  Robert Craufurd ( 1764-1812 ) set on relieving Sir Arthur,  quick marched his brigade 62 miles in 26 hours.

Wellesley

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Irony Of War

Ermenegildo was killed in the great war by a bomb splinter at age 24.  His son Constantino was killed in the Spanish war by a bomb splinter at the age of 24.

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Incompetence And Lunch At The Paris Zoo

In spite of his incompetence,  Achille Francois Bazaine 1811-1888, managed to secure a position of Marshall of France that ended with him being jailed for Treason. Achille had another ally in incompetence in that of 

Napoleon III,  gave him supreme command of french Forces in the French Prussian war at Metz,  which was under siege for 54 days.  After some questionable diplomatic exchanges with Germany,  designed to save France from herself, he surrendered.  He was held responsible for the citizens being forced to survive by eating all of the animals at the Paris zoo, costing France millions in reparations and embarrassment.  He was court martialed and sentenced to 20 years solitary confinement. He then at least escaped and lived his remaining life outside of France.

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The Wicked Son 

Stefan Dusan 1308-1355,  also known as Stefan Uros IV

gained his second title by imprisoning his own father,  Stefan Uros III,  and strangling him to death,  thus succeeding him in 1346.  he then ordered the archbishop to crown him czar and autocrat of the Serbs,  Greeks,  Bulgarians and the Albanians.  He brought Serbia to a great power  with his brilliant and ruthless warfare.  Not satisfied,  he took over Macedonia,  Thessaly and Epirus from the Byzantine's.  When his further ambitions took him to attack Constantinople, his murderous reign was finally over.  Not because he was killed in battle,  but by a fever that killed him.

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The Evil Butcher Of China

Chang Hsien Chung,  Emperor of China 1644 killed 40,000,000 people in just 5 years,  including 32,310 students,  27,000 Buddhist priests,  280 of his own wives

400,000 women,  600,000 inhabitants of Chengtu,  and 38,000,000 inhabitants of Ssechuan,  and destroyed every building in the country.

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Russian Diplomacy

When Peter III of Russia 1728-1762, inherited the throne upon the death of the Empress Elizabeth he pulled Russia out of the seven years war,  wasting all effort gained.  He was overthrown by a conspiracy orchestrated by Catherine The Great and her lover,  Grigori Orlov,  and his brother.  Peter was assassinated by Orlov,  after only 186 days of his succession.  Peter III had none of the military savvy afforded to his grandfather, Peter the Great,  and when it came to war he liked only to play war with toy soldiers.  when a rat knocked over some of his toy soldiers, he actually had the rat formally court martialed and hung.

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He Put His Back Into His Work

Valdivia,  was a Mexican artilleryman in his countries war against Spain. To enable his comrades to attack a Spanish fortress,  he supported a 700 lb. cannon on his back,  acting as a human gun carriage throughout the siege.

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Look As I Do

Jenghiz khan, another famous Mongolian ruler,  fancied himself as somewhat of an authority on men's grooming to the point of starting a war with the Persian Empire,  thus completely destroying them,  all because he didn't like the habit of Persian Monarchs wearing their mustaches pointing upwards,  wanting them to point down,  as was his custom.

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Drummed Out Evo

the Kettle drum originated with the Calvary of the Ottoman Turks,  the snare drum from the Swiss Mercenaries, the Tenor drum was used in fife and bugle bands,  and the long drum later known as the bass drum in England in the 18th century when it was played in the Turkish manner with paddled stick in one hand and a handful of birch twigs in the other.

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Outdoor Cooking With Fire

OUTDOOR COOKING WITH FIRE

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So you've decided to go camping again this summer and you will probably take all the things you usually habitually take to prepare food with and most likely,  there will be a propane cook stove involved and maybe you'll use the fire to boil water and toast marshmallows and wieners on.  Too many people go camping and tailor their food around being only able to cook it on a a few burners of a stove.

Don't overlook the versatility of your camp fire.  With a few minute modifications and a few rocks,  you can turn that campfire into an oven worthy of cooking almost any dish. It's also a project that's fun for the whole family to partake in,  and something different to try,  whether you are camped in a tent or a trailer.  The oven in the picture above was constructed from flat pieces of rock slabs and contains a roast pan  full of stuffed turkey,  slowly roasting to a golden brown as dying embers from a smaller fire on the perimeter of the pit are being shoved beneath the oven.  The turkey is periodically taken out and basted with beer.  It turned out as good as any I've had indoors,  if not better.

You can prepare a roast beef or a ham,  or even a casserole much the same way.  Build up the fire well before you want to use it for an oven and when most of the wood has burned down,  construct an oven on one side,  out of flat rocks or river stone.  Make sure the stones are balanced enough that they won't topple easily.

If there are no rocks available,  you can cut 1/4 " in diameter,  strips of green wood and lash them together at one end,  essentially building a frame and drape them over the oven base you are building.  Use a grate for the base if you have one,  otherwise use a few smaller rocks to build a bed  Cover the structure with mud or clay from a stream or river bank.  You can cover the oven door by using some tinfoil or another flat rock,  whatever you can find that's suitable.

This method below was used on a canoe trip where any sizable rocks were scarce,  and clay from the river bank was used to cover the frame.

So the next time you go camping,  think about building an oven and eating a great meal cooked fireside.

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WAYCATION WISHES

Waycation Wishes

Written by : Jeffrey R Hilton

In the words of Kim Mitchell and Pye Dubois

"A Million Vacations Is What We Need To Survive."

 If only that could be true !  These days,  there's an awful lot of people that can't take much of a vacation for various reasons,  not limited to being jobless,  house-poor,  or more so likely to be a victim of the present unstable economic climate.   An increasing number of people are spending their time off work just kicking around the house and working on projects around the house.

Cost of living pay raises,  are sadly becoming a thing of the past or just continuing to be a pittance of what the true inflation index figures  subject us to.  Most Unions seem like they've been neutered these days and fighting for a cost of living raise on your behalf is akin to bringing a glass of water to a forest fire.  I admit,  I spend time dreaming about long white,  luxurious sandy deserted beaches where warm clear water beckons,  but somehow,  I can't see myself getting to one anytime soon and I don't even presently own a house. Worse yet,  I 

have a debilitating hand injury,  that's left my future working career as I know it,  in jeopardy.

Vacations to many people are digging up and tending the garden,  building a new fence or even just lying around the back yard catching the sun while reading a good book.  vacations are an important component to our well being and if you really can't go far,  then at least make sure you can relax and take your mind off your job for that time.  That way,  when you go back to work,  you'll be raring to go !  Back on vacation that is !

Summer vacation is almost upon us and winter vacations are not much of a worry now as most of the world from Europe to North America is thawing out and showing signs of spring.  Vacations that require air travel are such a complete pain now,  they are akin to doing your taxes.

You need another bloody vacation after you've been subjected to airport security.  There's a lot to be said for travelling by car.  it's certainly less stressful,  and particularly when the driving is shared.


Of course, I'm not going to get to see the places I'd like to see if I don't believe I will,  no more than you will if your situation is similar,  so I will believe fully that I will,  positive thinking and all that.  I would like to see a lot more of the world than I have already,  and I shall remain determined to do so.

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My Book Preview : Terror Cries In The Night

"Terror Cries In The Night"

(Preview of a work in progress)

Written by : Jeffrey R Hilton






PROLOGUE

Asylum's dedicated to just housing the insane,  started showing up in the mid 1940's.  Before that,  people deemed insane were locked up in a 'Narrenturme' or a Fools Tower that some towns had. Others were housed in special wards that some hospitals had complete with cells and still others were housed in Monasteries.  Of course others were kept at home in a locked room or attic by their parents or even housed with dangerous criminally insane in prisons.  The conditions of those places were often horrible and many patients or prisoners never saw the light of day again.  

In later times most institution were called Lunatic Asylum's and the word Psychiatric hospital never came into play until much later.  Mad House was a more common name used by people.  More often than not,  these institutions were ran in a fashion of strict rules and harsh punishments meted out by any number of the institutions employees.  Medical experiments and abuse were rampant and with the onset of various shock therapies and barbituate induced deep sleep therapy, many of these asylum's became more like houses of horror.  

The characters in this book are fictional, as is the asylum in this book, and any references herein are not meant to offend or portray any specific person.   Most,  if not all of the events in this book happened in real life,  for a very long time.  Many people were locked up that were not insane or mentally ill,  and escape was the best thing you could do,  if only you could manage it.

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Chapter 1


You're Right Where You Should Be

Lidia Connell's eyes fluttered open groggily as she tried to remember where she was and why she was there.  Her head turned towards the sound of something making noisy bursts of,  "Oh,  it's rain pounding against the window in the room as she fuzzily made out the bars on the windows and jerked to alertness with uncertainty.  She made a motion to sit up in bed,  but quickly realized her she was in restraints and a look of panic swept across her face as little fragments of memory came back to her.


She looked around the room and saw that there were 3 other beds in the room and at one of them,  a nurse was removing the restraints from a motionless girl in the bed as a male doctor and a female orderly stood close by. Her hair was cut short and matted to her head on her lifeless form.

Lidia strained to hear what they were saying.  The doctor was inquiring why the patient was given such a high dosage of some sedative she had never heard of.


The orderly left and came back with a gurney and the lifeless girl was rolled onto the gurney, covered with a sheet,  and rolled out of the room.  The doctor came toward Lidia and her heart skipped a beat.  "Good morning" the doctor called out in a voice way too cheery for Lidia.
He spoke in his best English,"Vell, you made quite grand entrance to our peaceful facility here."  " Lidia tried to gain enough saliva in her dry mouth to speak.  " Where am I
and why am I her ?", she spoke in a hoarse whisper.  " 
The doctor looked at her intently and said simply,  "Welcome to Cherry Hill Lunatic Asylum",  in his cheeriest voice.  " We will discuss why you are here later this week when I personally will conduct an interview and examination with you."  Lidia tried to hide her obvious distaste and fear for the answer she was given and simply said Oh,  Okay doctor,  thank you.  

Cherry Hill Lunatic Asylum opened in the fall of 1943 in a remote part of the Niagara Peninsula in Ontario, Canada.  It was built to replace a much smaller institution 60 miles away.  A sudden increase in parents wanting to get rid of their troubled kids seemed to be in vogue now and the older institution just couldn't handle all the new patients.  The director of Cherry Hill,  Dr. Dominique Volstad was a recent immigrant from Russia and eager to begin with all the new patients filtering into his newly built asylum.  Dominique oversaw all the hiring and hand picked his new staff from a vast array of applicants and conducted interviews and even performed operations on patients there.

The asylum had 600 beds on 5 floors,  and the sixth floor was used for operating procedures.  A further wing off the 1st floor served as a cafeteria for patients that didn't require 24 hr lockup,  and in the middle a large kitchen stood where a staff of only 5 employees, prepared all the meals for the entire hospital.  A lovely sunny garden surrounded by high walls, occupied the back of the institution.  Most of the orderlies were male in the all girls institution.

Lidia said a weak good morning back to the doctor and he proceeded to loosen the restraints and take her blood pressure.  Lidia's mind suddenly began to flood with all the memories that brought her here and her eyes welled up with tears.  "Now now" said the doctor. "No reason for tears,  ve are here to help you."   I will send the nurse back to take you to your new room.  She should be here in about 15 minutes as he patted her on the shoulder.

The doctor left the room and Lidia wished he hadn't tightened back up the restraints as she was suddenly all to aware that she needed to relieve her bladder.  twenty minuted passed and the nurse was still nowhere in sight.  Lidia couldn't hold it any longer and she felt the warm pee running down her legs and soaking the bed.

Ten minutes later the nurse came back and when she saw that Lidia had wet the bed.  She turned red and angry and the big woman grabbed  her hair and gave her a hard smack across the face that caused Lidia to see stars.  "See what you've done,  now someone will have to clean all this up,  you stupid little witch."  Lidia said nothing and the nurse walked out of the room and returned shortly with an orderly.  twenty minutes later, she was taken to a room and given her own bed with 3 others in the room.  Her eye was turning a nasty black and green and the other women avoided looking at her.  Lidia settled in as best as she could and was terrified at the prospect of what could happen next.

Her mother was an abusive alcoholic and her father who was kind to Lidia and tried to protect her from her mothers constant abuse had died earlier in the year from heart failure.  Lidia had never been a particularly bad child and her grades were average and her Mother had decided that this would be a good way to rid herself of Lidia once and for all, so she could bring other men home in peace without her daughters constant interfering.


Lidia jumped when she realized that one of the women in the room had come close to her bed as she was lost in thought and was now staring down at her with a glazed look in her eyes.  She reached out and touched Lidia's hair and spoke like a child as she said,  "Hair,  Blonde !"  Lidia had to remove the girls hand from her hair and then she went back to her bed and climbed back into it.  She now understood that she was being held on an isolation ward where the new patients could be observed and then either put into a locked ward or one where a little more freedom was possible.  


Lidia looked at the other women in the room.  The girl that had stroked her hair looked as nutty as a fruitcake and the others appeared to be in a catatonic state.  She was more alert now as the medication had worn off and she remembered now how her mother had tricked her into coming here,  and how she had screamed and screamed as the attendants dragged her off down the hall and the needle being jabbed into her thigh.


She had to escape,  that was it.  She heard about some of the things that go on in places like this.  She had heard them being whispered quietly,  but she had heard them all the same.  She got out of bed,  painfully aware that her pants were still wet and she walked to the door.  As she did she heard a girls voice from behind say " locked!"  She turned around and went back to her bed defeated.  The other girls all had white linen gowns on.  The girl who had spoke came over to Lidia and spoke.  " my name is Charlotte",  holding out her hand.  Lidia shook it and introduced herself.


Just then a key turned the lock and as the nurse opened the door,  Charlotte scrambled back to her bed and jumped in.
Lidia was handed a towel and facecloth and a gown and led down the hall to the shower. 

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Chapter One To Be Continued

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