August 21, 2005

• I NOW HAVE A HOLE IN MY HEAD

  The traffic to Bar Harbor was about what I expected and the Hospital is in the most congested part of town but we did find parking. There is much debate about making bypasses around the center of most of these small towns, but nothing will come of it - it's too expensive and the town merchants don't want to give any more advantage to Walmart (which is on the outskirts). They apparently like to see a parade of logging trucks making it impossible for shoppers to cross the main street in town.

  The doctor I saw is a member of the "cookie cutter" school of dermatology; when he does a biopsy, he goes down to bedrock, but what's one more scar. I'll hear what the verdict is in a couple of weeks, I suppose. If it requires more hacking, I'll wait until I get back to FL. I'd have to drive a couple of hundred miles to get to a Mohs surgeon anyway.

  The loons are beginning to raft up in large groups and are talking about heading south for the winter. the loon chick is now flying (clumsily). He's in for a shock in a few weeks when mom and pop fly off and leave him. That's how loons do it. Ma and Pa take separate vacations leaving junior to fend for himself. They will be back next summer (loons mate for life) and junior will be also, if he's lucky.

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