Week 7, Days 5, 6 & 7

This is as good as I’m going to feel in this cycle, I tell the bridge players when they ask how I’m doing. Still a little tired, still a little fuzzy around the edges. A bit more pep and I’d be almost normal.

Yes, I’m back at the bridge tables, but my game is nothing to brag about. In fact, it’s been costing me my naps, thanks to a late start Monday and a stop for lunch Tuesday. I’m sleepier than usual as the evening progresses at the office.

Keeping my blood percolating each night, however, are what’s become my specialty these days – obituaries. Major ones for notable folks, both beloved. One is former WKBW deejay Don Burns, who became the godfather of the rave scene in Toronto. The other is local author Margery Facklam, a woman who kept snakes and porcupines for pets and who wrote some 30 books on natural science, very successful ones, for children.