Monthly Archives: August 2022

AUGUST 9, TUESDAY

TRUMPIAN TRUE BELIEVERS Yesterday I wondered about the slow shift in American values because of a world turning upside down and about how I felt good because the slow shift was in the direction of my own shifting values without

AUGUST 9, TUESDAY

TRUMPIAN TRUE BELIEVERS Yesterday I wondered about the slow shift in American values because of a world turning upside down and about how I felt good because the slow shift was in the direction of my own shifting values without

AUGUST 8, MONDAY

LIFTED BY THE OUTSIDE WORLD Two things that happened this week that cheered me up that were outside me and were unrelated to anything that I have done. The first is the Inflation Reduction Bill which was passed by the

AUGUST 8, MONDAY

LIFTED BY THE OUTSIDE WORLD Two things that happened this week that cheered me up that were outside me and were unrelated to anything that I have done. The first is the Inflation Reduction Bill which was passed by the

AUGUST 7, SUNDAY

CARSULE: IMMOBILIZED BY THE INANIMATE This week after Covid but without feeling like doing anything, including writing here, I have been aware of the narrowness of my everyday life and what does or doesn’t motivate me. I am aware of

AUGUST 7, SUNDAY

CARSULE: IMMOBILIZED BY THE INANIMATE This week after Covid but without feeling like doing anything, including writing here, I have been aware of the narrowness of my everyday life and what does or doesn’t motivate me. I am aware of

AUGUST 6, SATURDAY

FRUIT The first thing I did after Covid when I recovered my appetite and felt like eating was to buy fruit. Fruit is healthy and fruit is good for you and it tastes so good. Eating fruit makes me a

AUGUST 6, SATURDAY

FRUIT The first thing I did after Covid when I recovered my appetite and felt like eating was to buy fruit. Fruit is healthy and fruit is good for you and it tastes so good. Eating fruit makes me a

AUGUST 5, FRIDAY

AMTRAK Two weeks ago today I contracted Covid, then felt miserable and numb for two weeks thinking it would never go away. But then on Thursday I came back to life and now a day later it suddenly feels like

AUGUST 5, FRIDAY

AMTRAK Two weeks ago today I contracted Covid, then felt miserable and numb for two weeks thinking it would never go away. But then on Thursday I came back to life and now a day later it suddenly feels like

AUGUST 4, THURSDAY

WAKING UP Almost everything that has happened with me in the last two weeks has been internal, of no interest to anyone besides myself and not very interesting to me, either. On Sunday I roused myself to take part in

AUGUST 4, THURSDAY

WAKING UP Almost everything that has happened with me in the last two weeks has been internal, of no interest to anyone besides myself and not very interesting to me, either. On Sunday I roused myself to take part in

AUGUST 3, WEDNESDAY

NHT Nothing happened today. I slept most of the day and then at 7:30 in the evening, not sleepy, but with no desire to do anything at all I lay down for the night. All I could do was wait

AUGUST 3, WEDNESDAY

NHT Nothing happened today. I slept most of the day and then at 7:30 in the evening, not sleepy, but with no desire to do anything at all I lay down for the night. All I could do was wait

AUGUST 2, TUESDAY

ALMOST READY TO FLY Out of the blue on my iPad screen came Europe for $500 from Charlotte round trip, with destinations all over Europe, $600 from Asheville. On Tuesday I was listless and I didn‘t feel like eating or

AUGUST 2, TUESDAY

ALMOST READY TO FLY Out of the blue on my iPad screen came Europe for $500 from Charlotte round trip, with destinations all over Europe, $600 from Asheville. On Tuesday I was listless and I didn‘t feel like eating or

AUGUST 1, MONDAY

BLAH As I sat in my black stressless chair in my post Covid torpor I wondered what it was that made me unenthusiastic about doing anything and wondered if the rest of my life would be this way, an old

AUGUST 1, MONDAY

BLAH As I sat in my black stressless chair in my post Covid torpor I wondered what it was that made me unenthusiastic about doing anything and wondered if the rest of my life would be this way, an old

JULY 31, SUNDAY

KATHE‘S ASHES The pandemic years upended everything. Kathe‘s last six months of mental instability were affected by the fears of Covid that hung over us for two years. And then we discovered that pancreatic cancer was probably behind her mental

JULY 31, SUNDAY

KATHE‘S ASHES The pandemic years upended everything. Kathe‘s last six months of mental instability were affected by the fears of Covid that hung over us for two years. And then we discovered that pancreatic cancer was probably behind her mental