Let’s start with farsightedness. Typically, if one has a medical “diagnosis,” it is related to a disease or injury, e.g., one has diabetes or COPD or an ACL injury. However, in the ophthalmology world, farsightedness is neither good nor bad. You are farsighted, or conversely, nearsighted, and that’s it. Adding to the confusion is the claim that to “improve“ your vision, you are given glasses to correct the opposite of your diagnosis.

Since I am frequently confused by things medical and devoted to clarifying language, I thought I would go to the experts. Thus begins the first of a series on “expert opinion.” This one relates to Farsightedness.

The essay is followed by my own thoughts on Farsightedness as I play them out in two new limericks.

Finally, the Friends of Judy come to my rescue. Please enjoy a “scene” in a library, written by Miles Lewandowski, and Suggested Readings from a librarian friend.

And now…the second year of “Olive: A journal devoted to clarity.”

Judy Green