Carpe Diem Haiku No. 894 First Light

Dim early sunshine

Winter’s white sheets are spread out

And wind still asleep

First light shedding hope

Not to trembling icicles

But mute singing birds

http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.de/2016/01/carpe-diem-894-first-light.html

No hay nada - on a road less travelled in Chile

We were travelling just outside of Torres de Paine National Park. There were no roads leading to Argentina, but one road ending in the border reagion South West of El Calafate. On one map we've seen a mark for a hotel and were giving it a try. A long drive! And I'll show you road condisions soon. We had to open cattle gates and drive through the ground of estancias. Then, as we were reaching, where the hotel should be, the final cattle gate had been with chain and padlock; the place looked deserted. We had to turn around. On our way back I saw two shepherds, wild guys. They must have  just returned from the great wide open. Their faces were nearly blackened by sun and campfire smoke, but at the same time glistening like been polished. I asked for the hotel, but the answer was: "No hay nada!" Someone wanted to build a hotel. And someone had put it on the map prematurely, when the remote area project already had been abandoned. We drove back to the Estancia Cerro Guido, which is a nice place to stay.

On the road heading North

A wild landscape, but used as pastures

It may look like a farm lane, but it's a road

After returning on the orad, the rainbow indicates good luck for finding a hotel to stay

Estancia Cerro Guido

PS.: That's where the hotel should have been (Google Maps): https://www.google.de/maps/@-50.7415595,-72.4080873,5526m/data=!3m1!1e3 

Carpe Diem Haiku No. 893 Fuyusoubi (winter rose)

 

Single red rose

After the sudden frost

Blood on snow

On bare feet through hell

The rose bearer is walking on

Until hitting ground

(人間の條件 / ningen no jōken)

白粉とバラ

芸者は雪に行く

お酒は寒い

White powder and rose

Geisha is walking on snow

But sake still warm

http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.de/2016/01/carpe-diem-893-fuyusoubi-winter-rose.html

P.S. Last line could also read: O-sake still warm.
P.P.S. Maybe 寒いのお酒 is better.

13.01.2016:
Eugen d'Albert: Rose im Schnee (1) / aus: Capriolen, op. 32

FreitagsGedichte / Kurze Gedichte 08.01.2016

 

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Carpe Diem Haiku Throw that pebble No. 1 dawn

“The innocent superiority of a newborn day”

Dawn over snow fields

Deer rushing into the woods

Time for morning tea

After the dark blue

Eyes get used to yellow light

Wind driving sparrows

http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.de/2016/01/carpe-diem-throw-that-pebble-1-dawn.html

Long-term Assessment of Post-Treatment Symptoms in Patients With Culture-Confirmed Early Lyme Disease

Recently I came to notice an article about lyme disease, which I’d like to share. Erica Weitzner and colleagues looked at: Long-term Assessment of Post-Treatment Symptoms in Patients With Culture-Confirmed Early Lyme Disease. The study wanted to characterize post-treatment Lyme disease symptoms (PTLDS) with a follow-up of more than 10 years. 10.9% of 128 patients were regarded as having possible PTLDS, but only 4.7% turned out to have PTLDS symptoms at the last study visit. The authors concluded: “PTLDS may persist for >10 years in some patients with culture-confirmed early Lyme disease. Such long-standing symptoms were not associated with functional impairment or a particular strain of B. burgdorferi.”

The problem with PTLDS symptoms (like fatigue, joint and muscle pain, paresthesia, loss of appetite, difficulty concentrating, or lack of energy) is the fact that these aren’t specific to lyme disease. Some you find for instance also in patients suffering from fibromyalgia.

Some rheumatologists call post Lyme syndrome a myth. The study shows that unspecific symptoms might persist in a minority. And this study is also a hint at not advocating long-term antibiotic treatments in patients with unspecific symptoms.

References:

Erica Weitzner and colleagues: Long-term Assessment of Post-Treatment Symptoms in Patients With Culture-Confirmed Early Lyme Disease. © The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. http://cid.oxfordjournals.org/content/61/12/1800

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Carpe Diem Haiku No. 892 Kan-no-uchi (mid-winter)

Dry stalks and the wind

Deep snow and twirling snow flakes

And still miles to go

Thick ice and old snow

Walking across the vast lake

The fish chill deep down

http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.de/2016/01/carpe-diem-892-kan-no-uchi-mid-winter.html