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The 31st Anniversary of my 21st Birthday
The birthday proper is Flag Day, June 14th, but I like to get started early. The Saturday before the day proper, I have my birthday party, wherein I open the doors from noon to midnight and play The Beatles Anthology DVD set to give me something to watch between guests, and to give the guests something to talk about in the conversational lulls. The ( Read more... ) -
2021: Year in Review
January: My elation at the outcome of the Senate races in Georgia is muffled by the January 6th riots happening the same day the election results were announced. Sigh with relief after the inauguration. I start work as a work-at-home proofreader for a company I will nickname The Proofers. Attend virtual Chattacon and come across a panel that gives ( Read more... ) -
A Week Off (and On)
Actually, a little over a week. This week, my family returned to our little timeshare in Florida after the beast of 2020 kicked it off the agenda. This year (as I have in years before) I left early to spend some time with Britpoptarts (this was her name on LiveJournal. Her journal is now a Russian spam farm, so I won't link to it) in Savannah. She ( Read more... ) -
Letters to State Representative Shea Roberts and State Senator Jennifer Jordan
Okay, emails, but still. A nice young man on Twitter pointed me to this article in the AJC about all the voter suppression legislation working its way through the Georgia legislature right now. I hit up the My Voter Page at the Secretary of State website and found out who my reps were (and thought, hey, yeah, I remember voting for these gals!) so I ( Read more... ) -
Letter to Senators Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock
Dear Senator--
Let me begin by stating how delightful it is to address you as “Senator.” I was too shy to knock on doors, but I did donate money to your campaign regularly, and I’m glad to see that campaign come to fruition. [A couple of lines directed to each Senator individually went here.]
I am writing to express my concern about something that ( Read more... ) -
2020: Year in Review
I read through my diaries and it was certainly interesting reading. Particularly the start of the year, before the pandemic arrived, when there were so many things I did and took for granted.
January: Go to Chattacon along with the Gentleman Caller. We play hooky from the convention to wander the streets of Chattanooga, including the footbridge. He ( Read more... ) -
Sheila's Diary Review: Volume One
I told the Gentleman Caller that I was planning to mark my 50th year of being by reading back over the shelf of diaries that I have accumulated, all the way back to June 14th, 1982. He grinned and said that I absolutely had to do a blog about it, too. Next thing you know, I'm contemplating making videos of me reading select passages and putting ( Read more... ) -
Life Under Lockdown
I asked for evenings off for the Triduum, not even sure if the services were going to be in person or not, and the folks at The Big Green Grocery Store gave me the days off entirely. Nifty! I thought I would use the time as a kind of at-home spiritual retreat, and while I did have some prayerful moments, I mostly cleaned house and ran errands. I ( Read more... ) -
At Least It's Not Zombies
My job at The Big Green Grocery Store does not have a work from home option, so I'm down in the trenches ringing up groceries and explaining that no, we don't have any toilet paper and, no, I don't know when any will be coming in. Those fleeting moments when we do have toilet paper, I have to explain to people that no, they can't have more than two ( Read more... ) -
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Ever read that children's book Fortunately/Unfortunately? That was my day ( Read more... )