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(S)he had a face like a blessing… Cervantes
Last year a friend added me to a Facebook group, an action that would ordinarily raise the hair on the back of my neck except for who connected me and to which group. I like to be asked first, but if...
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SQ Diary… page 11
Self-Quarantine Day 16 – 03/28/2020 It was almost 60º when Kim went out for his 6:30am walk, and he’s been on the balcony catching rays since breakfast. The sunshine feels like a wonder drug. This is...
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SQ Diary… page 18
Self-Quarantine Day 23 – 04/04/2020 Fourth weekend of sheltering in place – Kim’s been out for groceries, wearing nitrile gloves and now a mask, and for solitary walks and bike rides, but I haven’t...
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Gimme Shelter… page 24
Day 30 – 04/11/2020 Highly resembles my view of home for the first two trimesters of my life, until we moved to the great greenway of NE Kansas. Social/physical/metaphysical distancing is in my DNA –...
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Shelter… page 31
Day 37 – 04/18/2020 Feels like I’m doing something right when my baby sister texts and says, “Are you okay? I keep waiting for today’s blog post.” Accidentally took a Saturday off – our 6th in...
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Staying in… page 35
Day 44 – 04/25/2020 No diary entry yesterday, but we’re still here, breathing in, breathing out… keeping it sorted. Every day there’s a fresh load of manure to deal with, and my plan not to bring up...
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Remembering…
An edited nostalgia piece from 2013 … During a nursery visit to replace trees and plants lost to the western Kansas drought and heat (we’ve since moved to the northeast corner of the state), the...
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Cocooning… page 54
Day 100 – 06/20/2020 The process of returning to the social realities of life will be one of jerks and starts… and there are all kinds of jerks out there. We had to take our car to the KC dealership...
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Love staying in… page 55
Day 107 – 06/27/2020 A friendly rain shower was in progress when I got up at 6am, but between 4 and 5 o’clock there was a windstorm here with some sort of downburst and 2″ of rain. Our pretty little...
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Saturday, the 4th… page 58
Day 114 – 07/04/2020 Drinking pomegranate tea while fragments of thought pop in and out of my headspace. It’s a wonky 4th, but I’m two for two so far – the traditional breakfast and a spa soak. The...
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The home front… page 61
Day 121 – 07/11/2020 Looks and feels stormy out, which makes me wish for lightning, thunder, and a downpour. This morning the humidity was the same as the temperature, both in the 80s, so a rain would...
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Here for the duration… page 66
Day 128 – 07/18/2020 It’s hot. Damn hot. The days are full of stretchy hours – when it’s three in the afternoon it feels like ten in the morning and takes forever to get to five o’clock. Rita’s busy...
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Milestones… page 72
Day 135 – 07/25/2020 Got out and walked in the cool air just after six this morning and watched the neighborhood wake up – or not… pretty quiet Saturday so far, but Farmers’ Market was setting up and...
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Notes to self… page 77
Day 142 – 08/01/2020 Are half-finished projects during this long dry spell eating your lunch? Pick one and do it – the morale boost gives you a natural high.If you’re having trouble concentrating,...
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Hope lives… page 81
Day 149 – 08/08/2020 We just celebrated our 16th anniversary, and the partnership being what it is there was a point at which I started having Kim read my blog posts before publication, not for...
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Time, yeah… page 94
Day 185 – 09/13/2020 I fronted a smooth face to the world for a long time. But now, thanks to the power of genetics, when I look in the mirror I see all my grandmothers looking back at me, and like...
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The hours… page 99
Day 191 – 09/19/2020 Up at 5:30, looking at the quiet street under my windows… dark and still out. Hearing the morning trains passing through, and wondering what kind of sunrise is being staged just...
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A Mermaid’s Tale
swimming upstream morning by morning watching for signs of life on the wing ready to catch a sunbeam in action lasso its tail and ride while I sing ***** holding the hours open and loose letting them...
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An Autumn Saturday… page 105
Day 198 – 09/26/2020 Welp, Diary, it’s just you and me today – Kim’s playing PickleBall and then he’ll be in Car Show Heaven for a few hours… after he makes the Saturday breakfast, of course, and not...
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One day or two at a time… page 110
Day 204 – 10/02/2020 It’s so beautiful outside I can barely stand it – the air smells fresh, the sky looks real, the leaves are leaving, as they are wont to do. I’ve sat here at my computer all...
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