8/25/2019

Nope, not gonna work. I’ll update next Sunday with the Atlanta adventures. 

8/18/2019

Weekly Update 8/18/2019

I gave myself a couple of weeks to pout and feel sorry for myself (and the society in which we must live), but I’ve climbed out of it now.

Part of what I felt was important was to get back into my routine. While I never did give up on the obligations I have already set on my schedule, like DH and BC, I got back to the pool this week, I went back to the lecture series at TLC, and back to The 90. And I did a lot of online shopping for the upcoming travels.

On Friday, I went to Conrad Aiken’s birthday party (he wasn’t there; he died in 1973) at The Book Lady, a wonderful used book store that is my go-to book place, particularly for local books. I have been to a couple of lectures on Aiken’s life, but this was a reading from his novel Ushant. Zip – right over my head. I cannot understand anything he writes (he rates up there with Flannery O’Connor as local authors I just do not get). But I sat there and listened and tried to act as if I actually belonged with this group of intellectuals. I think I fooled no one, but it was an interesting evening. And they had wine.

On my way home after closing BC on Sunday evening, I stopped at a chicken restaurant for take out. It has gotten great reviews and is close by, so naturally I wanted to try it out. It was very tasty, but too greasy. I’ve been eating Lean Cuisine for too long!

8/4/2019

No blog this week. I'm too upset.

How many more of these mass shootings will it take until the leaders of this country (or leader wannabes) stand up and act? Until a presidential debate consists not only of sniping at each other and labeling one another, but proposes some real solutions? Until all the candidates say no to the NRA, 2nd amendment proponents (this is a well armed militia? Shooting citizens? Think again what the amendment is for) and lobbyists and refuse the funding from organizations like these to their political coffers? Until members of all parties put the safety and well being of schoolchildren, festival goers, shoppers and bar hoppers above their petty partisan politics? I can't get on an airplane with a tube of toothpaste - they've made flying safe for me. I can't touch my phone if I'm driving - they've made that safe. Grammar school children need to carry see-through backpacks - no first grader will be bringing a loaded gun to school and hiding it (no first grader has been a mass murderer). Anyone who has a child or grandchild or neighbor who goes to school has to be fearful. Anyone who goes to a concert or festival has to wonder about who else is there. Anyone who shops is not safe. Anyone who enjoys a drink a bar is not safe. All the marches, rallies, thoughts and prayers are getting nowhere. Action is needed, but those powerful enough to act abdicate that responsibility. WHY ISN'T SOMETHING BEING DONE.? AND NOW?