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Just back at my desk after an unexpectedly long day. (The way I see it, I spend an inordinate amount of time putting out other people’s fires.) Saddened to hear about the terrible shooting in San Bernardino. My thoughts are with the family and friends of those who died or
Continue readingThese are troubled times around the world, but I still have so much for which to be thankful, not the least of which is the fact that, in a nation that is protected by the First Amendment, I have my blog and all the wonderful blog friends I’ve met over
Continue readingSorry for the silence, but I am a woman possessed. I finally read Marie Kondo’s The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing. Kondo does something no other professional organizer does: She gives you permission to throw out just about everything. All other organizing books tell you
Continue readingMom’s back in the skilled nursing facility in which she normally lives and not a moment too soon. Not only was the hospital experience bad for her, because even Marin General’s superior nurses can’t make up for the dislocation affecting a nonagenarian in the hospital, it was bad for me
Continue readingI received this message from Legal Insurrection: Our dear friend and colleague Mandy Nagy (“Liberty Chick”) suffered a massive stroke at the young age of 45 in early September 2014. Mandy suffered significant brain injury from the stroke, and her recovery has been steady but slow. She will need long-term
Continue readingI’m happy to report that, when I left the hospital last night, my mother was doing extremely, indeed surprisingly, well. Nevertheless, when it comes to nonagenarians and brain surgery, bad things can happen during the recovery phase. I’m therefore cautious in my optimism. I have to admit that it was
Continue reading(UPDATE: Mom is doing incredibly well. She’s alert, oriented and, once I assured her she wouldn’t die, amazingly cheerful. I still will have limited access to blogging for the day, but I’m much happier than I was at this time yesterday.) I don’t know how much posting I’ll get done
Continue readingMy Mom isn’t well, so I’m with her rather than at my computer. Blogging won’t happen now, but I’ll try to catch up later.
Continue readingStill doing last-minute packing to get one of my little Bookworms ready to head out into the big world. I will write when I can.
Continue readingYesterday afternoon, my phone died. I went to the Apple store where they concluded that it had a problem that was under the warranty and they issued me a new phone. That was at 7:00 p.m. my time. Now, at 3:00 p.m. my time the following day, I finally got
Continue readingWhen I’m on the airplane heading home from a vacation, I always mean to dive into blogging the moment I get home, but I never do. I’m always a bit tired, often a bit jet-lagged, usually have a cold I caught on the trip (as is the case this time
Continue readingWe did another of our mad dash tour days, once again in D.C. We made lightening visits to the Air and Space Museum (crowded and cheesy), the new Native American Museum (gorgeous building paired with slender hagiographic exhibits); the Botanical Garden (very beautiful); the Capitol (under construction and reeking of
Continue readingSorry for the long silence. Yesterday was a tiring travel day that ended too late for writing. This post, like myothers, will be brief since I find it difficult to write at length on an iPhone (so please pardon typos too). We started yesterday at James and Dolley Madison’s beautiful
Continue readingFinally at the hotel and too tired to write. Also hard to take photos today, and the hotel internet is excruciatingly slow. Short version — Jefferson Davis’s home was a hideous mid-19th century amalgam of clashing colors, randomly mixed patterns, and unbelievable clutter. No photos allowed. Monticello was graceful and
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