I just spent two days in the hospital where I observed the flora and fauna, as they, in turn, observed me, and gave me all kinds of tests that I passed with....well, with flying colors di tutti i colori.

What partly made my day, and night, and day again,  was what, as I was being transferred from an emergency-room bedlet to a proper bed in a proper room,  I heard the nurse -- no respecter of parsons -- say to me: "Scoot your bum over."

"Scoot your bum over." Four telling words, from that  poem  "Any Nurse To Any Patient." In any other context, impolite. In that context, strangely comforting.

I did as she requested. I'd do it again for her or any other nurse trying to move me here or move me there. Questo ed altro.