November 7, 2024 Photo by Andrea Piacquadio on Pexels.com I'm on an eviction binge. Not like the rotten Michael Shannon character in 99 Homes (clip below), who puts people out on the street so he can flip their houses. This movie is streaming on internal territory. Instead of hard-pressed families, the "victims" are parts of… Continue reading Things I no longer need
Category: depression
Gazing through the gloom
December 10, 2022 It seems it's been this way forever, foggy mornings and soggy days in various hues of grey, with only fleeting patches of blue. Since we're still on the darkening side of the winter solstice, the cloud cover accelerates the early dimming of light. The mercury is unseasonably high even for the South… Continue reading Gazing through the gloom
A pandemic diary: The long road
September 13, 2022 Photo by Andrew Neel on Pexels.com. (That's not me; I'm fine.) You had Covid and it wasn't much more than a cold. Or maybe you spent a couple of days in bed but were soon back at work, the gym, and the pub. Only now you're badly fatigued, short of breath, and… Continue reading A pandemic diary: The long road
A pandemic diary: Still a man’s best friend
September 18, 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm2tVda1LGE I said I wouldn't get paranoid about the virus again. I lied. Yesterday I almost walked into a restaurant without my mask because I'd distracted myself worrying about other Covid problems. I wake up most mornings exhausted from dreams where I'm struggling against some nebulous, formless foe. I've always been the… Continue reading A pandemic diary: Still a man’s best friend
A pandemic diary: Back into your life it will creep
July 22, 2021 Photo by cottonbro on Pexels.com Among the current flood of bad news is the word that a few fully vaccinated people are testing positive. According to this widely-cited study, their most common symptoms are headache, runny nose, sneezing, sore throat, and loss of the sense of smell. I got my second dose… Continue reading A pandemic diary: Back into your life it will creep
A pandemic diary: Loss and limbo
March 22, 2021 Since I'm older than 65 and fully vaccinated, I'm apparently supposed to be out carousing with my fellow geezers, celebrating my return to a normal life. Instead, I'm worrying over the death of someone I didn't even know. That person is Kent Taylor (above), founder and CEO of the Texas Roadhouse restaurant… Continue reading A pandemic diary: Loss and limbo