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JANUARY 12, THURSDAY

BASTILLE THURSDAY MARKET This morning I woke at 6 and visited the Bastille Thursday market. It was a grey drizzly day at the market but the market was full of people. There were fish stands displaying ugly fish, flower stands,

JANUARY 12, THURSDAY

BASTILLE THURSDAY MARKET This morning I woke at 6 and visited the Bastille Thursday market. It was a grey drizzly day at the market but the market was full of people. There were fish stands displaying ugly fish, flower stands,

January 11, WEDNESDAY

HUNG UP ON I had an odd experience on Wednesday. I was still floating. First in the early morning Susie Factimed me from their little $20 a day apartment in Bastille. On the flight to Paris Susie had sat next

January 11, WEDNESDAY

HUNG UP ON I had an odd experience on Wednesday. I was still floating. First in the early morning Susie Factimed me from their little $20 a day apartment in Bastille. On the flight to Paris Susie had sat next

JANUARY 10, TUESDAY

FLOATING It is a very odd feeling. I have suddenly begun to float along untethered to anything. Last Tuesday I was locked into leaving today for a three month trip around India and Europe, everything concentrated on being ready for

JANUARY 10, TUESDAY

FLOATING It is a very odd feeling. I have suddenly begun to float along untethered to anything. Last Tuesday I was locked into leaving today for a three month trip around India and Europe, everything concentrated on being ready for

JANUARY 9, MONDAY

TOLERANCE Last night I argued that MAGA people and the January 6th insurrectionists feel that they are good, moral people defending basic American values. Yet I think from a liberal perspective that the insurrection was not good and was certainly

JANUARY 9, MONDAY

TOLERANCE Last night I argued that MAGA people and the January 6th insurrectionists feel that they are good, moral people defending basic American values. Yet I think from a liberal perspective that the insurrection was not good and was certainly

JANUARY 8, SUNDAY

AMERICAN BELIEF(S) I just read a New Yorker article on What The January 6 Report Is Missing in which the writer, Jill Lepore, states that the January 6th report “is less an account of a conspiracy than a bill of

JANUARY 8, SUNDAY

AMERICAN BELIEF(S) I just read a New Yorker article on What The January 6 Report Is Missing in which the writer, Jill Lepore, states that the January 6th report “is less an account of a conspiracy than a bill of

JANUARY 7, SATURDAY

READING 2 One reason that I stopped reading even as I continued to buy books I wanted to read was because when given a choice I preferred to write than to read. The reason I read so much when I

JANUARY 7, SATURDAY

READING 2 One reason that I stopped reading even as I continued to buy books I wanted to read was because when given a choice I preferred to write than to read. The reason I read so much when I

JANUARY 6, FRIDAY

READING 1 Suddenly after anticipating the trip and feeling pushed to get ready I have nothing to do. A couple of nights ago I had nothing to do so went to sleep at 7. But I couldn’t fall asleep. So

JANUARY 6, FRIDAY

READING 1 Suddenly after anticipating the trip and feeling pushed to get ready I have nothing to do. A couple of nights ago I had nothing to do so went to sleep at 7. But I couldn’t fall asleep. So

JANUARY 5, THURSDAY

DR. GOOGLE Today I looked up in Wikipedia to see what a prostate does. I’ve had one for 85 years and have no idea what it does. But when I read what it does I have trouble understanding the explanation.

JANUARY 5, THURSDAY

DR. GOOGLE Today I looked up in Wikipedia to see what a prostate does. I’ve had one for 85 years and have no idea what it does. But when I read what it does I have trouble understanding the explanation.

JANUARY 4, WEDNESDAY

REMINDER (PART 2) But I was up and ready at 7:30, drove to the Family Health Center, was warmly received by an assistant who knew and liked Kathe. We had an animated discussion about all the things I was going

JANUARY 4, WEDNESDAY

REMINDER (PART 2) But I was up and ready at 7:30, drove to the Family Health Center, was warmly received by an assistant who knew and liked Kathe. We had an animated discussion about all the things I was going

JANUARY 3, TUESDAY

REMINDER (PART 1) I’ve been waiting for this for years. It has loomed over me as my friends my age suddenly are struck by cancer or Alzheimers or heart problems or Covid. Many, probably most, of the people I have

JANUARY 3, TUESDAY

REMINDER (PART 1) I’ve been waiting for this for years. It has loomed over me as my friends my age suddenly are struck by cancer or Alzheimers or heart problems or Covid. Many, probably most, of the people I have