Soon to leave Rochester, I had two more doc appointments on the docket before heading west. The first at 9:15 AM with my “hip doc” for a follow up and a 10:30 with my primary for a follow up as well. I arrived at the hip doc 10 minutes early and checked in. “You are set, we will call your name.”
I waited a while, looked around to see if I knew anyone in the waiting room–no, not this time. Then I noticed it, a magazine in the chair next to me folded open to a story. I flipped to the cover to check it out; Smithsonian, Dec. 2014. “Hmm,” I buzzed to myself, but all of the other magazines were back issues as well. I returned to the exposed page then rubbed my eyes in wonder. It was a long article on King Tut. We had just returned a week ago from our fabulous journey to Egypt and the tomb of King Tut, hearing the stories and visiting the museum devoted to Howard Carter’s discovery of the tomb.
I skimmed the long article and viewed the very items and photos we had taken just a couple of weeks before. Of course, this ancient story does not change, what a coincidence that the magazine was lying there “for me to find.” If you wish follow the link below for more.
The Controversial Afterlife of King Tut
A frenzy of conflicting scientific analyses have made the famous pharaoh more mysterious than ever
2. I continued to skim the magazine. Every article was of interest to me for various reasons and it kept me entertained and engaged for 40 minutes. Still, no one called my name. I read about Mount Baldy, a strange and unique sand dune in Indiana along the shores of Lake Michigan. I remember driving in the area did not explore this strange and challenging piece of landscape. The story involved a 6 year old boy who fell into a deep hole in the dunes. He was miraculously rescued and healed but what an ordeal. The scientists still remain baffled about the cause and existence of these holes that go deep into the dunes. For more; https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/mystery-why-dangerous-sand-dune-swallowed-boy-180953404/
photo by Ariel Sabar
4. Story, Monkeys The fate of the lion-tailed macaque, found in just one small pocket in India, an how they are tied to its disappearing habitat. More topics;
Twin Stars about Scott and Mark Kelly the twin astronauts who traveled in space, Unsafe Passage, building a controversial new canal through Central America, Ninja Warrior, the Stealth plane SE-71 and its fate. We had watched this beautiful plane fly at the Indianapolis 500 in the 80’s.
To view the stories more deeply follow; https://www.smithsonianmag.com/issue/december-2014/#MtwAUKXIuvPGPxhb.99
The stories were all of some interest to me but I was getting close to the time of my next appointment. I checked twice at the desk about the promise, “We will we call your name” The response, “the Doctor is running at least 1 hour late.” You can cancel if you wish” and so I did cancel. Now more relaxed, I arrived with time to spare for the next appointment. As for the delay in the waiting room, life happens. I had no doubt that I was “meant” to see that issue of Smithsonian and thoroughly enjoyed the contents. There always seems to be good out of a unexpected moments,