My dear friend Valerie MacEwan, editor and publisher of the Dead Mule, is undergoing a painful, medical procedure at 1:45 pm. She describes the treatment like this: “I sit there with my head in a donut as a surgeon threads a needle into my spine and injects dye first, then steroids. With no anesthesia. No Valium… nothing.” Today’s is the second of three treatments. The procedure is done as an out-patient, and she will be home tonight.

Please keep Val in your prayers.

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[The poetry section of the Mule will be published on or about November 20. See the Mule Blog tomorrow for further details.]

Edit: 4:30 pm  Due to a monumental screw-up, Val will have this procedure on Thursday, I think.