It's hard to describe the feelings I had when the election results were finally conclusive, because they hit on so many levels--cerebral, physical, visceral-- and for such an extended period of days. Elation? yes. Relief? huge. Hope? definitely ( Read more... )

And though JRo and I had our ballots mailed to us weeks ago, I wanted to deliver them in person and truly feel part of the process on the day ( Read more... )

The Little President is now 11 and the WCN is 16, and we're all in quarantine, so Sis put some extra effort into making Halloween fun for them this year ( Read more... )

The weekend started with a wonderful Zoom chat on Friday evening with several of the Foodwinos, including Judy who has been a member since the mid-1990s and yet this was our first time seeing and talking to her live ( Read more... )

For the past seven months, with JRo working full time and my time free, I have become the Procurement Officer and Chief Cook at our house ( Read more... )

Well, I didn't get the PBS job that seemed so promising since the interview earlier this month. However, CH (the development director) called me personally to tell me so and to confirm that I had superb qualifications and they really do want me if they can find a place for me in future ( Read more... )

These are interesting times, of course. In April when I was laid off due to the pandemic massively disrupting operations at the company I worked for, I looked on it as a blessing in disguise. After a series of mergers, I'd found myself working in a position that was junior to where I'd been before, juggling too many tasks and with team members who ( Read more... )

It's hard to believe the World's Cutest Nephew will be 16 tomorrow.

He started his junior year of high school online yesterday, and doesn't he look thrilled about it?


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My world has shrunk so much, though I am lucky to have even the range that I do have. JRo and I have our little house with good spaces to be together and our bedroom suites when we want to be apart or alone for a while. We have the patio to host a few friends safely and to hang out and enjoy a lunch or an evening drink together or to grill up ( Read more... )

The Little President had his 11th birthday recently, and my job was to get him out of his house for the morning while his parents set up a backyard water party with two "safe families" they know and have been safely meeting outdoors since the Covid outbreak ( Read more... )