• Last night: thunder, lots of it, really loud. Oh good! Rain! Nope. This is the way it has been around here most of the time this summer. Radar shows storms heading our way – nothing. The rivers are shockingly low. We really need rain. The latest? Possible rain this morning.
Claudia’s forecast? Highly doubtful.
• Woke up far, far too early this morning and it isn’t pretty. But Don and I had nice chunk of time for our second cup of coffee – we sat on the porch glider and chatted and it was lovely. Now he’s playing the guitar while I write this.
• We got the results from his Lyme test. Yes, he has Lyme. And it sure looks like his numbers are high because his doctor called in a prescription for two more weeks of Doxycycline. We were as sure as we could be without an official test result that it was Lyme. As I said before, we are very familiar with it. Don’s had it before. I’ve had it before. The dogs had it more than once. Though he’s been feeling better, he has the ‘foggy brain’ that often is a part of Lyme. He’s very tired. He runs out of energy quickly.
The first round of antibiotics knocked out the acute symptoms; the fever and chills and general aches, the way in which it hit his nervous system. This round will hopefully knock out the rest of it.
• I received a sad email from Hartford Stage yesterday. Due to COVID-19 and the fact that there will be more than one round of it before we get a vaccine aided by the fact that people aren’t following social distancing and the imperative to wear a mask, they have decided to cancel the winter/spring part of next year’s season. That means no performances until next fall. A year from now. My concern has nothing to do myself – there is new management there and I don’t expect to get any more work from them. I am concerned, though, for all my friends who work there. They have been on furlough since March. Now they will be on furlough until well into next year. How will they survive? This is heartbreaking. It really hit me when my friend Samantha, who is the company manager, posted on Facebook that she is leaving. She had been studying real estate and I knew that, but her hope was to start to work part-time in real estate and keep working at Hartford Stage. Now that there’s no hope of coming back from furlough for another year, she has made the decision to leave.
These people are like family to me. I always said that Hartford Stage was my second home.
I imagine we’ll be hearing more of this from other regional theaters. It’s maddening because this cancellation of the entire 2020/2021 season didn’t have to happen. It most likely wouldn’t have happened, at least to this extent, if Covidiots had heeded the advice of medical experts, stayed home, practiced social distancing and wore a damn mask. This is on Trump and the GOP. They proudly flaunt the fact that they don’t wear a mask and then the almost inevitable headline: “so-and-so has been diagnosed with COVID-19.” I don’t wish this on anyone, Republican or Democrat. It’s awful. Herman Cain? No mask at the Tulsa Rally and proudly tweeting about it. Louis Gohmert? No mask sitting in a hearing, no mask in the hallways of Congress, no mask in his office around his staff who were made fun of if they wore one. And on and on. Was all that bravado worth it? Is it worth their lives? Is it worth the lives of everyone else they have come into contact with?
Is it worth the tanking of the economy, which means that the GOP/Trump/DeVoss now push to send kids back to school, putting everyone at great risk, because they have to get people back to work because Trump did nothing, constantly tweeted misinformation about the virus, disbanded the NSC Pandemic Unit, ignored the book that the Obama administration passed on to them about how to handle a pandemic, ignored it simply because it was from Obama and Trump has the thinnest skin of any living being? Over 150,000 dead and no end in sight.
Hearing Barack Obama speak at John Lewis’ funeral was a breath of fresh air. How I long for the days when he was President. Articulate. Compassionate. Leading us at a time of great loss. Speaking to the pain in our hearts. And forcefully and passionately compelling us to fight for our country. He is everything that Trump is not and could never hope to be.
Okay.
• I’ll close with a Happy Birthday to my mom. She would have been 93 today. I miss her so, so much, especially today. I’ve been on the edge of tears all morning; lack of sleep, the state of our country, the loss of John Lewis – and how I wish I could hug my mom, inhale the scent of Oil of Olay that always was a part of her essence, make her laugh, sit on her lap (which I did even as an adult.)
I love you Mom.
Stay safe.
Happy Friday.
At least now you know for sure that is is Lyme disease, I hope the next lot of antibiotics work quickly and effectively. You’ve both had a rough couple of weeks.
So sad about your friends at Hartford, I think there will be many changes for many people all over the world as a result of this awful virus. Of course if had been managed better then it could have made a difference. It’s interesting that Trump says it’s safe for children to return to school but that the election should perhaps be delayed. How ridiculous.
I also watched President Obama yesterday. The difference between him and Trump is world’s apart, he was poised, eloquent and coherent.
Happy birthday to your Mum. It’s interesting you say out the scent of Oil of Olay, it brought to mind my Mum who used to use Chanel No5 powder every morning after her shower and that is the scent I remember associated with her. I have the tub of powder and powder puff and when I am feeling her loss I open the tub, sniff and there she is, right beside me.
Have a restful day Claudia.
We have a lot of covidiots (brilliant expression, who made it?) in Europe too. Not to trivialize Mr. Trump! Stay healthy, Claudia!
I saw it on Twitter and loved it! I can’t take credit, but I have adopted it. Stay safe, Helga!
Scent/smell is such a strong sense memory, Fiona. I’m glad you have one that you associate with your mom.
Stay safe!
Oh Claudia, once again you have touched me with your talk about your Mom. I too miss mine more than words can say. I have heard it said that you are not a true adult until your parents pass away and in some ways I believe that. With their passing some of the certainty of life goes with them and in today’s times that uncertainty is magnified. Seeing President Obama yesterday reinforced how far down the rabbit hole we have come with Trump. I pray each day for our two daughters that teach, our grandchildren and all the others wrestling with school issues that the poor decisions made by this administration aren’t going to be life altering mistakes for them. Thanks for the opportunity to feel connected during these difficult times. Stay safe and thanks for all you share.
I especially miss my parents during this time. I need the comfort I would get from them. Don comforts me a great deal, of course, but parents are a whole other thing.
Stay safe, Janet.
I agree! We hadn’t seen my Mum since all this started. Being in long term care we were not able to visit. Last Saturday for the first time in months we saw her. Being our last living parent between the two of us she is pretty special.
Hope Don feels 100% soon!
Take care Claudia.❤️
I’m so glad you got to see her! Wonderful!
xo
Hope memories of your Mom make a huge part of your day, Claudia. Pleased that Don is over the worst of the Lyme and the antibiotics kick the reminder to the curb. And don’t get me started on the Obama’s. I’ve missed them for far too long.
I’m going to adopt “Covidiots”…. what am apt mash-up! Fortunately, not too many live where I live or at least I don’t encounter many. That isn’t to say they aren’t here also. As my daughters constantly ask, how hard is it to wash your hands (which should have been a second nature part of personal hygiene), socially distance (kindergarten remonstrations of hands to yourself and not encroaching on people’s personal space; and wearing a mask in public (that’s just common courtesy)?
I saw that as a hashtag on Twitter and immediately adopted it.
Your daughters are so right. It isn’t hard at all. Also, how hard is it to care about people other than yourself? Sigh.
Stay safe, Wendy.
Happy Birthday to your Mom! Tomorrow would have been my Mom’s birthday and like you, I remember the scent (Bellodgia by Caron)) of the perfume she wore.
Have a lovely day!
PS: Glad to hear that Don is feeling a bit better and hope the second dose of antibiotics do the trick.
Thank you, Cathy. Happy Birthday to your mom!
Stay safe.
I also listened to President Obama’s eulogy for John Lewis. I was reminded of what a pleasure it is to listen to someone who is dynamic, succinct and eloquent…while also giving us hope. We are fortunate indeed to have him. And, I’m sorry that our country has lost a great leader in John Lewis.
So, your suspicions were confirmed. I only know enough about Lyme disease, to be very wary of it. Sounds like you two have everything under control.
Your picture of the day is lovely. I know I’ve asked this before, but do you cut back your limelight? And if so, how much?
Take care, stay safe…and enjoy the memories with your mom! ;)
No, I don’t cut it back. I don’t cut back any of my hydrangeas (Annabelle, Limelight and I can’t remember the name of the other one.)
Stay safe, Donna!
a very happy birthday to your mother in heaven! and may today be more sweet than bitter for you.
glad you have a definitive diagnosis. hoping and praying that this round of antibiotics does the trick and that don is feeling 100% better by then.
also hoping and praying that you two and your friends (everyone, everywhere) can get work … safe work in one’s chosen field … sooner than it seems likely to happen.
i know i am “preaching to the choir” here, but just need to say that i am so angry about the lack of national leadership in dealing with this awful pandemic. that people elected to represent us have let the unemployment benefits, etc. run out today while they (politicians) sit in nice homes, get three months of vacation every year and haven’t faced any loss of their considerable income in all these months. i am angry that so many people are not taking it seriously (by still gathering close together and still not wearing masks, acting like there’s nothing wrong in the world) because some elected “leaders” haven’t taken it seriously, haven’t led by example. angry at our governor, too … with more than 44,000 confirmed cases, at least 865 deaths and rising hospitalization and death rates, as recently as yesterday she’s continued to deny plans for a mask mandate and to say weak and stupid things like “i trust iowans to continue to do the right thing”. really? she needs to work a day with me, go to the grocery stores i shop at. that convicted prisoners have been released from jails because they are considered at high risk of getting covid-19 (only to likely spread it more upon release into communities), but innocent children and staff are expected to return to in-person school?!? hateful, stupid and just plain wrong. that, after one week, a big box store took back their requirement that customers wear a mask? i agree that employees should not be put at risk by being required to act as bouncers or police, but why not hire a security guard to keep unmasked people out of the store and away from food, supplies and people trying to do the best thing for everyone’s sakes? let those unmasked people go to stores that don’t require a mask! to me, that mask requirement at stores is no different than “no shirt, no shoes, no service” … things done for community health and the greater good. i need to pray, go for a walk or run or paint or something to help get my feelings out! thanks for letting me share some here and for listening.
hope you get some rain and better sleep tonight. need the same here.
i am grateful that today is friday because that means i have the next two days off, can have socially-distanced visits and meals with some of my family and avoid other people except when doing the grocery shopping. much needed.
hope you have a safe, easy day and can avoid crowded places, too.
kathy in iowa
I just said the same thing to Don – why not hire a security guard – in a uniform – with a gun?
I agree with everything, Kathy.
Stay safe and relax today if you can.
Yesterday was the saddest day, honoring John Lewis, listening to President Obama, and longing for the past when we had competent leadership. The Covid stats in Texas are just appalling and I am not optimistic about them getting better soon. It is hard to be cheerful, but an hour outside with the birds and the bunnies helped.
Nature always helps, Melissa, even if it’s only for a little while.
Stay safe!
So sad about what is happening in the arts world. Who knows what entities will survive the pandemic and how the new arts landscape will look a year from now. Since my youngest works for a theater/concert organization it is on my mind. Fortunately he is finding free lance work right now recording and editing podcasts for a nonprofit. But it’s not a steady job.
Your words about your mom hit home because my mom would have turned 95 on July 30. I think daughters feel their mother’s loss maybe a bit more acutely. I’ve been nostalgically weepy lately anyway. Was informed a cousin died suddenly last week of a massive heart attack. I grew up with almost 30 first cousins and believing every kid in the world was my cousin. We were all so close during our childhoods then everyone went out into the world and that was that.
Anyway, as you well know keeping to yourself like we’ve been for months now makes you more susceptible to down/black moods. So going to go out to enjoy the no humidity in the back yard this afternoon. After spraying on my eucalyptus and lemon repellent of course. Hard to believe only another month left of summer.
Take care and I hope the additional meds make Don feel much better soon.
K.
I’m so sorry about the death of your cousin, Kay.
I’m a bit down today and too tired to do anything strenuous, so I did the usual watering of plants and straightening up. Now I’m going to sit down and read.
Stay safe.
Listening to the news makes me wish I smoked and drank heavily. I was watching Don Lemon last night on CNN and he talked about what a breath of fresh air it was listening to the three former Presidents. He said they all had made mistakes, but owned them and moved forward. They all where presidential and how that trait is what he was missing. That is what we all are missing. Seeing what a president can be almost made me cry. I didn’t know how much I missed having a real president in the White House.
I was just saying that this is one of those times I miss smoking!
Don Lemon was right. Do you remember the days when we didn’t have to worry about what the next atrocity would be?
Stay safe, Tana.
Hi Claudia – One thing is for sure, I wish I could have a cup of coffee with you on that beautiful porch. I imagine the scent of your flowers and the sounds of your birds, Don’s guitar and an occasional passingby car. It would be incredibly nice with a light rain shower or butterflies flitting around.
My granddaughter is coming home with her brand new little baby girl tomorrow morning! She was born via c-section on the 29th, I’ve been stressing because this 21 year old girl hates needles, she even passed out the one time she donated blood and once when the doctor stuck a needle in my back to drain my lung a couple years ago. She said “they knocked me out on the operating table because I was freaking out”. I couldn’t be with her because of the dang covid.
All that just makes your beautiful, peaceful porch so much more inviting!
Take care…
Kelly
Congratulations! Wonderful news for you and your family, Kelly. I’m sorry you couldn’t be with her. That baby will be loved.
Stay safe.
Amen♥
Thank you Beverly!
Stay safe.
Ah, Claudia; this kind of day just sucks. I’m sorry for your troubles; they’re legit; it’s stuff to bring you down especially too when you’re fatigued. Be glad on the one hand that you got an official word on the Lyme. And your hanging plants of gorgeous purple are so striking.
As I read you, and agree with your every word about Covid, masks et al, a catering truck just drove up next door delivering chairs and tables; earlier this morning, one of those moon jumps/jolly jumps for kids. They’re about to have a big party next door in their backyard again, and it’s not a big enough rear yard for the number of people they invite. Last time this happened, wasn’t that long ago, not a soul was wearing a mask. Can I expect anything different tonight? I doubt it.
Just seems so hopeless considering the lack of compliance, except that when we DID go out this morning for the postal run, I three times saw someone stop and put on their mask before entering a building. So, there’s that.
But, darn, this thing next door tonight, and it’s right where I feed my cats so my husband just said, “Stay out of the rear of the property tonight, Vicki. We’re too close to them.” Yep, crammed-in houses in a subdivision; may be outside air, but we’re taking no chances. We just watch with mouths agape; these people have an older child, a 2-yr-old and a newborn; what DO they think is their shield, their protection, when they gather like this, if they are maskless, likely sharing the same food, too. This is SoCalif and we are a horrible, horrible hotspot; my husband and I know people who are really sick with the virus. I could just cry.
But for you, dear? Feel better; tomorrow will be MUCH better. Get some sleep!
I suppose you can’t report them? Aren’t people required to wear masks? But I know that would put you in an awkward position and I’m not sure what I’d do if faced with that. Sigh. It gets complicated when the whole thing should be so simple. Wear a mask.
Sleep is proving elusive, I was hoping for some kind of nap. Maybe later.
Thanks, Vicki. Stay safe.
Well, they didn’t have the party Friday night; it was all day yesterday/Saturday. And every time this comes up with them, or the people on the other side of us who do the same thing, or the people across the street who do the same thing, we hand-wring and weigh the aspect of starting a neighbor war vs our safety and the safety & health of others. (We are not well-acquainted with our collection of neighbors; these are all much-younger people, we wave and say hello, but there’s a definite feeling we have that if we said something, it would NOT be appreciated.)
A problem and this is really the bigger problem, because it’s been advised by local officials not to get in fist fights and confrontation over this sort of thing (you’ve seen the viral videos with what goes down in stores over mask wearing) is that I live in a small town with a stretched-to-the-limit (in terms of man power) police force. We currently don’t even have a police chief. My town is poorly run and we have little resources left; we’ve even lost our fire department to the county (I foresee when my town will just be absorbed as part of other cities and cease to exist as a stand-alone city). The newspaper, speaking for law enforcement, said the same thing for Covid ‘violations’ as fireworks on Fourth of July: ‘Don’t call us. We can’t respond. There’s not enough of us. We have other crimes and problems and duties to the community which take even higher priority. For fireworks, if you have an actual location and street address and details and proof, etc., okay, we’ll try to get there.’ Basically for Covid, if it was one of those parties where you’ve got a couple of hundred people, you could probably make a case (although they want your name and number; it’s not possible to call in anonymously) for a drive-through with police or maybe even a knock on the door. I seem to have three scenarios: Next door, it’s very-large families who congregate, extended relatives; the other next door, it’s the homeowner with his flock of fellow church members; across the street, it’s a bunch of single guys and their friends.
Yesterday, with the big-families get-together, and I don’t really know how many people per car; sounds like a LOT of people but I suppose was more like under 40 gathered(?) although, who knows, ’cause I wasn’t out there counting(!), coulda been more like 60 people in the one place? (On the nat’l level, they’re discouraging this because they’re seeing much spread between families who’ve thought it safe to again mingle; of course they’re also now worried about actual family members in one home, saying you should wear a mask, in your own house, if you have vulnerable members in your household.) Anyway, the last thing I could see posted for my state, last update 7/20/20, on gathering, was really no diff from last March: ” … gatherings are now permitted indoors so long as they do not exceed 100 attendees or 25% of the capacity of the space in which the gathering is held, whichever is lower…” but I’m telling you, it’s confusing, city to city, county to county but also just plain COMMON SENSE.
I just feel the instrux and messages are too mixed; and, frankly, now that Dr. Birx says we’re in a new phase where most of the country is infected, it speaks to me again of the great need of having one national mandate on what’s shut down, masks, distancing, etc. Clearly, we can’t expect people to just voluntarily comply with rules. Many just aren’t. And I don’t know what’s the answer except that if they break the rules, there’s a penalty? We need some kind of tough stance nobody is going to want, but how else to stop the spread of this ‘plague’, ’cause we’re just losing too many good people to this rampaging virus. Not just clamping down on business owners out of compliance; it’s a lot of population to monitor, but what about individual people like my negligent neighbors, the John & Jane Doe out there; the lack of personal responsibility, person to person.
I was talking with a cousin today and she’s been less vigilant than I’ve hoped yet she’s using her good sense in areas that I’m glad she IS, such as learning her adult married daughter had a couples-friend over for dinner last week to celebrate their return to the U.S. from some sort of travel that seemed to be out of the country (where, like where would they have been, like what country would let them visit and vacation?) and my cousin was horrified, saying to her daughter, “What were you thinking? Shouldn’t that couple be in quarantine?” (These are two couples in their 20s.) Anyway, her daughter had called to invite her mom and dad over to dinner for a birthday and my cousin said, “No dear, not now! We’ll see you in two weeks, properly distanced outdoors with our masks, and after we know you haven’t had exposure to the virus…” suggesting the girl get tested! (And this daughter is a smart girl; has her Master’s and is working on her PhD; is an admissions counselor at a university. In denial about Covid!)
It’s just personal reveal after personal reveal of stuff like this that just slays you. Six months into the virus, you’d think we were all on the same wavelength. I watched a news piece this afternoon on the local TV about the reopening of a monthly street fair, sort of flea-market affair with booths. In the L.A. area. They said they were taking precautions, limiting the number of customers, doing a lot of cleaning. But it was so obvious on the news piece of seeing the customers in the background behind the reporter, crowding at a cash register, crowding at the same piece each wanted to buy, people crossing each other’s paths in narrow walk lanes around vendors. It just makes you want to scream. Everyone was required to wear a mask, but none of those sellers had plexiglass shields around them.
On the phone with someone else today, I asked about their daughter who’s in her second year of college, has now, as of last week, been told there’ll be no labs although she’s known for a long time that the fall semester would be virtual as was the spring semester. As an art student, doesn’t know how that’s going to work with their individual art projects. That’s a four-year university, but a two-year one near here is is still planning to hold labs a couple of times a week, but how challenging, because it involves shared equipment, microphones, headphones; everybody handling the same things.
And another of her stories (the gal I was speaking with) was that she runs a swim club, the city plunge has been of course shut down, then reopened for limited lap swims but like only two people in the pool at one time in opposite lanes, with the one lane exiting one door after swim completion and the other lane to another door, so as to prevent cross-path when of course they’re not wearing masks because they’re swimming. Locker rooms shut down; no showers. But you’ve got these teens and college students doing their competitive training and they’re used to it being a certain way, one forgot, went the wrong direction out of the pool, ran smack into a member of the public in the far swim lane walking out at the same time (an elderly person), both of them face to face, body slamming, no masks, so it got reported to the City and now they’ve had to close down again because, despite best efforts, the mitigation just wasn’t working.
It’s just exhausting. To even think about much less talk about. Just keep praying for a vaccine. And then hope enough people will be willing to get vaccinated.
One wonders, “When will this come to an end?”
And we simply have no idea.
Stay safe, Vicki.
This is one of your best posts.
Thank you, Terri.
Stay safe!
Two things: here in Victoria, Australia, schools are closing again due to an increasing number of infections. Although we are not getting on top of the spread at the moment, we are generally much more compliant with infection control guidelines than many in the US appear to be, so we still have hope. Testing is very widely available and the results generally come back within 2-3 days. States are helping each other with testing and personnel and the armed forces are supporting our public health teams. Not in the way we see your military doing, I hasten to add: they are driving ambulances, doing logistical support, etc. Second: I empathise with how sad you are over your mum. We lost ours in January, just before the pandemic really kicked off. While we are still grieving we are all so, so grateful she is not here. We were able to midwife her into death in a way that so many are currently unable to. My thoughts go to you.
I guarantee you the same thing will happen here. A teacher or a student will contract COVID – then everyone will have to quarantine, and then schools will close again.
I’m so sorry about the loss of your mother Denise. But I’m glad you were able to be with her. I can’t imagine what so many are going through, not being able to be with their loved ones at the time of passing.
Stay safe.
Oh Claudia, you need such a big hug. Not that it would change a darned thing but we all need a big hug these days. Yes, like you, I felt hope and pride in our country when I watched the Lewis funeral yesterday only to think — as you did — has it all been worth it Donnie and Company? And in a perfect world, this upcoming election should be a slam dunk. And it will not be. I don’t see it settled right away — and I sure do hope I’m wrong. This whole thing gets my stomach in knots.
I’m glad you have a confirmed diagnosis for Don, even though you were quite certain. It’s a wretched disease and I hope the next round of doxy will take care of it altogether.
I feel for your colleagues from Hartford. I keep wondering when this will hit Williamston or Purple Rose theatres, our mid-Michigan equity houses. Wharton has things starting in December but I wonder if they’ll cancel.
And your mom. I so understand. I have those times frequently around birthday and death dates. I know you know this — just go with it and be gentle with yourself. If we didn’t love so much, we wouldn’t feel so much. But we wouldn’t have loved so much.
It won’t be settled right away if only for the sheer amount of absentee ballots being cast.
Thank you for your kind words, Jeanie.
In the meantime, I keep waking up at 4 am. I guess that’s the pattern right now!
Stay safe.
Glad that you both know for sure what Don is dealing with and the meds are helping.
I told you yesterday how I cried when I listened to President Obama. Listening to Clinton, the message read on behalf of the Carters, and also George Bush made me smile. I was never ever a Bush fan, but even he sounded like a wise person. Or maybe it was just sanity. We aren’t used to that for sure. This whole election mess, Postal Service stupidity, and on and on and on. There is a horrible “Breaking News!!!!” bulletin every 10 minutes, it seems. And as the country melts, Congress went home for a long weekend. They are in session next week and then off until after Labor Day. Wish they would withhold THEIR pay. Of course as millionaires, it wouldn’t matter to them anyway. The entire thing makes me beyond crazy. BP med manufacturers must be making a LOT of money these days.
I understand. I’m feeling the same thing here. I have friends who will run out of unemployment and have no job prospects until well into next year. I get so enraged!
Stay safe, Chris.
Oh, yes…to all of it. It didn’t have to be this way. I blame the administration for our not being able to share our grand-daughters’ birthdays and for not being able to visit my MIL and also our son who moved to a different state, as well as all the less-personal losses of our local economy, etc., etc. I blame this administration for the strains on our family ties. I don’t know if they can be mended. Perhaps with time, if we regain our national conscience. Now I have to fret about my fellow teachers. I’m happy to be retired from kindergarten for the first time. And the Senate republicans! Don’t get me started…
John Lewis and those who appreciate his accomplishments are so inspiring. The eulogies made me see the big picture again when I was thoroughly bogged down by negativity. There are many who possess and conscience and empathy. Time to vote in more of them and turn this mess around. We’ve sent in our vote-by-mail request and are actively ensuring that our friends, family and neighbors are also.
Stay safe and strong.
I blame them for Don and I having no prospects of work until well into next year. We can’t afford that. We barely get by.
And I blame them for the needless deaths of so many, for making it impossible to take a trip without worrying about our safety, for my sister having to make an awful decision about school for my disabled nephew – and on and on.
You’re right. That service for John Lewis helped me to remember that there are more of us than them. And that there are good people in the world.
Stay safe, Roxie.
I so agree with all you said in your post Claudia. What I can’t fathom is how people who support him can’t see all he is taking away from our country. His use of armed guards in Oregon is an attempt to see how we would do in a military state. Removing the Post Master General and installing yet another minion of his who has already slashed services and have resulted in huge delays in just a month. So much of rural America receives deliveries from online companies only thru agreements with the USPS. Removing troops from Germany as a PUNISHMENT???? One of our longest Allies not to mention that it destabilizes the region. Then in the same day ending low income housing requirements!!!! If people don’t get out and vote against this idiot,, we will soon not be a democracy any longer. Putin is in his absolute glory right not. I know a lot of people don’t care for Biden specifically for his stance on abortion, but they can justify and condone all the killing being done by this administration? I just don’t get it. We are not seeking life partners when we elect a president, just a person we believe will do the best by and for the people of America….which he has most definitely not done! Honor John Lewis and vote!
They are hypocrites. In their minds, there is a total disconnect between abortion and bounties on American soldiers, 150,000 dead from the coronavirus, children in cages, etc.
BIDEN. Vote!
Stay safe, Donna.
Yes I miss both of my parents. The power of smell amazes me with how many memories we hold because of smell when people are gone. Oil of Olay and lavender perfume remind me of certain things in the past.
Lovely view of the front of your house. So pretty.
Glad your Don is improving and that you now know what it was that laid him so low.
Sorry that so much of people’s livelihoods are destroyed by the idiots who have disregarded state rules on stopping the virus in the USA. More people in Victoria in Oz are going to lose their businesses and work because of the total out of control behaviour of those who disregard the Covid 19 rules which most of us have worked so hard to obey so that we can flatten the curve. Now the curve has spiralled out of control.
Same here. Why they’ve made a public health issue political, I’ll never know.
Stay safe, Robyn!
I’m so glad Don got a definitive diagnosis and is recovering. Lyme disease can be really rough.
Your memories of you mom made me smile. It’s amazing how a scent can bring back such strong memories. I’ve been gardening a lot since working from home and the smell of tomato leaves brings back childhood and my mother’s amazing gardening skills!
As usual you are spot on about the Covidiots (love that word!) and the fools at the top encouraging them. I just don’t get it. Wearing a mask is not a huge sacrifice
Thanks so much, Bonnie. I think I need to buy some Oil of Olay.
Stay safe!
2nd comment ever !! hope Don will feel better soon. watching/listening to Pres Obama’s eulogy brought me to tears — b/c of all we have lost–respect, compassion,duty,responsibility–how can we ever get it back — not to forget the loss of Rep Lewis, a man w/integrity, honor, sense of right/wrong, tireless work ethic–do we have anyone to fill his shoes?? these days are very discouraging.
I know. It seems hopeless at times, Linda.
Stay strong and stay safe!
Claudia, I’ve mentioned before your home reminds me somewhat of ours. We are fortunate to live out in the country but on a dirt road (not happy, even after 40 years here). Our front porch faces the road and has a railing around it. When you mentioned your mother, it reminded me of when my mom would come out here from the busy city and how she loved to sit and swing on the porch swing. I sit there now and my heart aches to just have “one more day” with her, as well as daddy, and my brother who died too young. Mom too would be 93 years old. Take care.
I understand.
My regret is that by the time we moved here, my parents were reluctant to travel, so they never saw this house in person.
Stay safe!