Nathan N. Nathanson
Born: Raducaneni, Romania, January 2, 1911Died; Montreal, Quebec, Canada, April 11, 2008
The photograph above is that of my father, who passed away a little over a week ago at the age of 97. The photograph was taken in the summer of 2005. It took me a while to feel up to posting this in my blog. I rarely if ever post anything personal in my blog. But I felt it necessary to mention my father's passing before I could get on to other topics. He was in the hospital for several periods during the winter, and I usually visited him every day when he was in hospital. So this past winter was a particularly dark period for me, and not just because of the heaviest total snowfall since 1971.
If any of you noticed that my online activity had decreased considerably, this is one of the reasons. After spending so much time and energy going to the hospital, I did not often feel like writing 3 or 4 blog entries when I got home.
So now he is gone, and it is now spring (or perhaps summer, considering the outdoor temperatures during the day). But a new problem for me seems to have suddenly arisen. I live in an apartment building, and on the night before the funeral, notices were put up on the doors of the building saying that electricians were coming into the building to upgrade the wiring starting the following day. The electricians finally started working in my apartment this morning (April 21). Unfortunately, the electricians were not the only people to see my apartment today. It seems that the landlord also saw it, and now he wants me to move out. He says that my apartment is too dirty, and he has threatened to call the city building inspector. I admit that considering what I went through last winter, house cleaning was not a high priority. And the landlord doesn't seem to particularly want me to clean up the apartment and stay. He seems to prefer that I move out. He even mentioned that the building is going to be converted to electric heating and I will then be responsible for paying for my own heat, drastically increasing the cost of my living there.
At this point, after that horrific winter which ended in the passing of my father, finding another apartment and moving was the last thing I had on my mind.
There is still much work to be done in settling my father's estate and arranging for the care of my mother, who has Alzheimer's, and I need moving like I need another hole in my head. There is a rent-subsidized building nearby that I am now old enough to move into, and that is always an option, but they do not allow pets in there, and I presently have two cats whom I would have to find new homes for.
So that is my present situation and the reason that I have not been as active on the internet as before.
Any advice, suggestions, healing energy, healing prayers, etc., would be greatly appreciated.
If any of you noticed that my online activity had decreased considerably, this is one of the reasons. After spending so much time and energy going to the hospital, I did not often feel like writing 3 or 4 blog entries when I got home.
So now he is gone, and it is now spring (or perhaps summer, considering the outdoor temperatures during the day). But a new problem for me seems to have suddenly arisen. I live in an apartment building, and on the night before the funeral, notices were put up on the doors of the building saying that electricians were coming into the building to upgrade the wiring starting the following day. The electricians finally started working in my apartment this morning (April 21). Unfortunately, the electricians were not the only people to see my apartment today. It seems that the landlord also saw it, and now he wants me to move out. He says that my apartment is too dirty, and he has threatened to call the city building inspector. I admit that considering what I went through last winter, house cleaning was not a high priority. And the landlord doesn't seem to particularly want me to clean up the apartment and stay. He seems to prefer that I move out. He even mentioned that the building is going to be converted to electric heating and I will then be responsible for paying for my own heat, drastically increasing the cost of my living there.
At this point, after that horrific winter which ended in the passing of my father, finding another apartment and moving was the last thing I had on my mind.
There is still much work to be done in settling my father's estate and arranging for the care of my mother, who has Alzheimer's, and I need moving like I need another hole in my head. There is a rent-subsidized building nearby that I am now old enough to move into, and that is always an option, but they do not allow pets in there, and I presently have two cats whom I would have to find new homes for.
So that is my present situation and the reason that I have not been as active on the internet as before.
Any advice, suggestions, healing energy, healing prayers, etc., would be greatly appreciated.
