I woke up this morning intending to write something. It was quiet, and the sun was bright and low in the sky. Early morning, with blue skies and quiet. Yesterday, someone moved in to this floor of the apartment building. Four hours of the door squeaking open, then banging shut. Then squeaking open, and shutting … Continue reading Sunday Morning
Category: fighting back
Hope and Despondency
Today has not been a good day. Yesterday was not great either. Or the day before. In truth, this whole week has been surreal. Can the largest democracy in the West be crumbling? Once that notion was unthinkable. Now it seems it is terrifyingly possible. As Napoleon found out, winter should be about hibernation, not … Continue reading Hope and Despondency
Giving thanks in a thankless time
thanksgiving thoughts
At last
Content 4 November 3 I voted. November 4 5 6 Or WTF. Saw this on TikTok. Exactly WTF. November 7 This morning felt different. Depression comes and goes, so wary of any change in mood that may be fleeting. Lightness, or darkness, sometimes the best thing to do is routine. Coffee. Tea. But the slight … Continue reading At last
Quarantine from normal.
40 seems to be one of those numbers. It’s mentioned in religion - a period of fasting, waiting, testing. Quarantino against the plague - 40 days before those who might be infected could come ashore in Italy in the 1400s. A time for preparation. I've been meaning to start some kind of quarantine journal. But … Continue reading Quarantine from normal.