Molly told me there’s a new OS for my mobile devices and that I might consider updating my phone and iPad. She’s my technology guru, so I always follow her lead. After I did it, I had to reset Siri on my iPad (by saying “Hello, Siri” five times). My iPhone, however, didn’t prompt me to do likewise, so I wondered if Siri were still functioning. To find out, I asked my phone, ”Hey Siri, […]
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Domestic and wild
Good, but Guarded
My puzzle binge is finally winding down as I complete my fifth and final jigsaw, this one made by a company named in my honor. The fun never stops around here. Yesterday it was another appointment with the periodontist who did her usual thing of poking my face with pointed metal tools to test my numbness, five weeks in. The good thing: As before, I was able to feel it some. The bad thing: I […]
Read moreIf I Had a Hammer
Today I accomplished my final end-of-season, post-camping task: thoroughly vacuuming out the bits of sand, rock, leaves, pine needles and mud that littered every surface in my car. I also scrubbed the inside of the windows, shined up the plastic interior, and then drove through the car wash down the street. My Subaru is a new woman now. Another project was to dig out a bunch of tools from the basement and see if I […]
Read moreThe Weight of the World
News over the past days has been brutally painful. Haiti: how much suffering can one country take? Afghanistan: the horror for those who can’t escape. Covid deaths of fully vaccinated adults and, lately, young children. And that’s just a small slice of the world’s troubles. People on every continent are mired in catastrophe of one sort or another, while the US itself spirals daily into more terrifying and dangerous terrain. Me, I’m lucky to be […]
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