So much going on despite the pandemic.

TOASTMASTERS: At our last meeting (May 5) it was my turn to lead the Table Topics. Since it was the 60th anniversary of Alan Shepard's historic suborbital flight, I didn't think twice about the theme. I just had to make the questions a bit wordier than "normal" because I wasn't sure how much the members of my ( Read more... )

So ... what have I been doing with the rest of my life, the part that isn't constantly doomscrolling about politics?

(Doomscrolling ... another word that has entered the language in the past year or so.)

The boy toy and I are still in good health. Although neither of us has been tested for covid-19, I don't think we have it. Certainly we have had no ( Read more... )

Some days are more productive than others. Yesterday I made progress on my next feature article, watched a session of the Toastmasters International virtual convention (the one that was supposed to be in Paris), and attended my friend's Zoom-based Zumba class (yay for exercise in a pandemic). Today I went to the store to pick up a few things, but ( Read more... )

On Wednesday night, my Toastmasters club had its first online meeting. It went pretty well, I'd say. We had about 15 people using the Zoom platform, and some people were more experienced users than others ( Read more... )

On Monday, Labor Day, I posted the following tribute on Facebook. I *meant* to copy it here too, but I got tired later in the day.

One hundred years ago TODAY, my Uncle Rene was born. Yes, my father and one of my uncles were born just four days apart in the same year. Uncle Rene was my *maternal* uncle, just so you're not totally confused ( Read more... )