Wisdom and whimsy in moderate doses
I’ve been in a funk lately. Maybe it’s the weather. Maybe it’s people (they, generally speaking, seem to be kinda crabby lately). Maybe I’m just feeling bitchy. But lately I haven’t felt like venturing out or talking to people or really doing much of anything. I know part of it comes from family: My mother… Continue reading Getting over myself
A lot of areas are flooding right now, most of them south of Interstate 70. (It’s the Mason-Dixon line of Missouri.) But a lot of that flood water is headed toward St. Louis. Residents are leaving their homes, levees are in danger of being breached, communities are sandbagging. I don’t know if you’ve done any… Continue reading Flood damage
My mother moved in with me in 2005. (She moved out in 2006. It’s not an experiment we’ll likely try again anytime soon — we’re too much alike. It only worked because our work hours were completely opposite.) Her house in rural Missouri needed extensive repairs — a former contractor was supposed to be working… Continue reading ‘Congratulations on your baby girl’
My grandmother switched to a Mac when she was 84. It was at least her third computer, and her first laptop. The house that she and my grandfather built in 1963 has wireless internet access. In fact, last Wednesday night we had a laptop party at the kitchen table: I had my laptop, my mother… Continue reading Mac vs. PC
I had to take “personal” days to get time off for my grandmother’s funeral/the family circus. It’s not a big deal; I had the time. But the guild contract says bereavement pay is only for immediate family members, and is three days. My brother and I discussed that when Eric (our father) dies, we’re using… Continue reading Rocky times from the past