Grieving
He was a presence in my life for nearly sixty years – first as young boyfriend, then as husband, then as ex-husband. But always, always, a central figure. And how he is gone. He had some health problems, to be … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Me, myself, and I
Love at first sight: a personal story
[NOTE: I’ve had this draft among my many hundreds of drafts for about sevem years. I never got around to publishing it; not sure why. But today seems like a good time to do so, for obvious reasons.] This post … Continue reading →
In Microsoft’s eyes, I’m my own parent
First, a relevant musical interlude: You might recall that recently I purchased a new computer. Transitions like that are not my forte. It takes some time for me to get familiar with a new system, and I often find it … Continue reading →
9/11: 25 years later
What has happened since 9/11? Twenty-five years have happened. It doesn’t seem possible. And yet I know it’s true. For me, 9/11 marked the beginning of a several-years-long process that led to the creation of this blog and a life … Continue reading →
Another update on my ex
The roller coaster ride continues. I never liked roller coaster rides very much. This morning the hospital called saying my ex had a big respiratory crisis and the doctor started asking me a bunch of end-of-life questions. I raced over … Continue reading →
An update on my ex
There’s still no predicting whether my ex-husband will survive or not, although in the past few days he seems to have stabilized and appears to be a bit better. Maybe even significantly better, although the doomy-gloomy “hospitalist” doesn’t deal in … Continue reading →
A lost skill
What is it? Driving a stick shift: Recent research shows that this once-ubiquitous ability is increasingly becoming a lost art. Only 18% of Americans know how to use a stick shift — with the number even lower among younger drivers. … Continue reading →
The new AI spam comment generator is very very clever
I’m a connoisseur of blog spam. I’ve seen a great deal of it in my time, almost always trapped in the spam filter. I’d divide it into several categories. The first is the simple advertisement, usually for porn websites. It … Continue reading →
All the lonely people
Here’s a study indicating that Americans are lonely and young Americans are the loneliest of all. It’s from quite a while ago, 2018. But it’s not atypical of the sort of figures such polls often get, and this one has … Continue reading →
On my ex and the moon
Recovering from his recent surgery is still extremely difficult for my ex-husband and very stressful. He has post-surgery pneumonia as his most serious problem at the moment, although not his only problem. Yesterday I was at the hospital much of … Continue reading →
Update on my ex-husband’s health
Well, it hasn’t been a barrel of laughs lately. Without violating his privacy with Too Much Information, I’ll just say that eight days ago I took my ex-husband to the ER and he was diagnosed with two dangerous but not-likely-to-be-lethal … Continue reading →
Spent many hours today …
… with my ex in the local emergency room. He’s basically okay. They found something relatively minor. Growing old is no joke. Nor was the ER, which has degenerated in recent years: short-staffed, very long waits, extremely depressing group of … Continue reading →