We're All In This Together

Sorry for the delay in writing but I worked last night until after 9 pm. Yesterday I received a phone call from Dr. Wilson with test results from my MRI.... All Good- benign lesions on my bones in certain places and of course arthritis..... along with some other insignificant things..... nothing that has to do with cancer or my future.  YIPEE!  He also said it will take a few more months before the temperature of my skin returns to normal- Now I have a hot side and cold side, like a faucet at a sink.

So I now I will cope with my hair growing back looking more and  more like someone's shaggy bathroom rug...... either that or a poodle's rump.  There are layers in the back that are wild and the front is so thick I can do nothing with it. So it is hair hair everywhere again.

Fireworks were fun but then there was a tragedy - a close friend's nephew at the age of 35 was struck by a car while riding a bicycle and was killed.  Maybe some of you know him. It was Matthew Von Ohlen, the nephew of Harold Katz. It haunted me for days and days as it felt like murder.  I can't stand how vulnerable we all are that life can be over in seconds. And from one person so many other lives are permanently changed forever.

One of the artist I enjoy listening to is Ben Lee- He sings many great songs but I like the line in "We're All In This Together" about there not ever being any protection from human connection"  It is hard to be human. Sometimes, it just hurts.

BEN LEE

We're All In This Together 

Woke up this morning
I suddenly realized
We're all in this together
I started smiling
Cos you were smiling
And were all in this together
I'm made of atoms
You're made of atoms
And were all in this together
And long division
Just doesn't matter
Cos were all in this together

I saw you walking
In the city
We're all in this together
The city's changing
Cos we are changing
And were all in this together
Every twelve seconds
Someone remembers
That were all in this together
In the kitchen
Of your rent-control apartment
We're all in this together

C'mon baby
I dont mean to rush you
I only wanted to reach out and touch you
I've gotta start to open my heart

I know you think
About jumping ship before it sinks
But were all in this together
Ask a scientist
It's quantum physics
We're all in this together
And on the subway
We feel like strangers
But were all in this together
Yeah I love you and you love her
And she loves him
But were all in this together

Y'know baby
There's never been protection
In all the history of human connection
C'mon darling
It's alright to show me
You don't ever need to be lonely
Once you start to open your heart

I saw you crying
I started crying
Cos were all in this together

And then religion
It's a big decision
But were all in this together

We're all in this together

Brooklyn cyclist was killed in 'deliberate hit-and-run' and hours later NYPD were slammed for handing out pamphlets telling bike riders to 'be responsible'

• Matthew von Ohlen, 35, killed after a black Chevrolet slammed into his bike 
• Investigators believe driver deliberately crashed into von Ohlen 
• Following day, NYPD handed out flyers telling cyclists to be responsible
• Director of Transportation Alternatives: 'NYPD have skewed priorities'

By DAILYMAIL.COM REPORTER

PUBLISHED: 20:01 EST, 10 July 2016 | UPDATED: 23:53 EST, 10 July 2016

A cyclist was 'deliberately killed by a hit and run driver' in Brooklyn during the early hours of last Saturday.  Matthew von Ohlen, 35, was killed after a black Chevrolet Camaro slammed into his bike on Grand St. near Manhattan Avenue in Williamsburg at around 2.30am on Saturday July 2, say police.  Surveillance footage from the crash and statements from the NYPD suggest that the driver deliberately killed von Ohlen before driving off, while a neighbor told New York Daily News: 'He was killed like a dog in the street.'

The New York Police Department were later slammed for cracking down on 'irresponsible cyclists' the morning after the incident.

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Matthew von Ohlen, 35,  (left and right) was killed after a black Chevrolet Camaro slammed into his bike on Grand St. near Manhattan Avenue in Williamsburg

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The 35-year-old bike enthusiast, who had co-founded BikeStock, had been travelling on the cycle lane when the Chevy driver slowed down and the pair exchanged words. Pictured: Grand St. near Manhattan Avenue in Williamsburg

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But the morning after the fatal incident, police were on the Brooklyn street canvasing cyclists and passing out pamphlets about their 'obligations and responsibilities', reported The Village Voice.   Paul Steely White, the director of Transportation Alternatives, told the Voice in a statement: 'This is a particularly egregious example of the NYPD's skewed priorities when it comes to traffic enforcement, and of the victim-blaming mentality that pervades the department.'

The 35-year-old bike enthusiast, who had co-founded BikeStock, had been travelling in the cycle lane when the Chevy driver slowed down and the pair exchanged words. t...

Investigators told Pix-11: 'The driver then hit von Ohlen's rear tire and as the victim fell off his bike, the driver slammed into him again, running over him and dragging him about twenty to thirty feet.  The driver then sped off, heading east on Grand Street.'

The motorist is believed to have intentionally hit von Ohlen, according to investigators, who are yet to find the driver.  A witness called 911 and when officers arrived, they found von Ohlen lying in the street with 'severe trauma' to his body, police told Pix 11. He was pronounced dead in hospital.  Von Ohlen was the twelfth cyclist killed in New York City this year, despite Mayor Bill de Blasio's Vision Zero campaign, which is designed to eliminate pedestrian and cyclist fatalities in New York. 

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Surveillance footage from the crash (pictured) and statements from NYPD suggest that the driver deliberately killed von Ohlen before driving off 

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The 35-year-old bike enthusiast, who had co-founded BikeStock (pictured) had been travelling on the cycle lane when the Chevy driver slowed down and the pair exchanged words.

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Von Ohlen was the twelfth cyclist killed in New York City this year, despite Mayor Bill de Blasio's Vision Zero campaign, which is designed to eliminate pedestrian and cyclist fatalities in New York. Pictured: Stock image of ghost bike, signifying death of a cyclist. 

According to the government site, 'approximately 4,000 New Yorkers are seriously injured and more than 250 are killed each year in traffic crashes. 

'Being struck by a vehicle is the leading cause of injury-related death for children under 14, and the second leading cause for seniors. On average, vehicles seriously injure or kill a New Yorker every two hours.'  Under the Vision Zero campaign, 50 dangerous intersections have been redesigned and 33 new slow zones have been introduced around the city. 

But according to the Voice, de Blasio has a negligible influence on the NYPD, who have generally been fairly reluctant to enforce laws against motorists who injure or kill pedestrians and cyclists.   

Anyone with information in the case is urged to call NYPD's anonymous Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS, or for Spanish 1-888-57-PISTA.

Grief for an Avid Cyclist Killed in a Brooklyn Hit-and-Run By MEGAN JULAJULY 5, 2016