Category: The Daily Grind

Here’s a Vizsla. I know a lot of people are staying in touch via telephone and Zoom, but what on Earth do they all have to talk about? Even those who are still working (and thus presumably engaged mentally, or at least being productive) must find it tricky, don’t they? My own days are so devoid of activity aside from daily rituals that I can barely think of a single topic to discuss during these […]

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This just in: the toilet paper contest is over, and if your bets were on the Charmin Mega—with its boast that each roll is equivalent to four of the competitors’—you’re bound to be disappointed. Costco’s Kirkland roll lasted 7.5 days, versus Charmin’s mere 7.334. Elegant in my sugar-skull mask, I walked fifteen minutes through the grey morning to the farmers market again, arriving at the start of senior hour. I wonder if people there are […]

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Yesterday my county was one of several in the Bay Area that issued a mandate (upgraded from a recommendation) for people to wear face-coverings in public. Enforcement starts in four days. Bay Area residents could soon face a criminal charge as a “menace to public health” that is “punishable by fine, imprisonment, or both” for refusing to wear cloth face coverings in public settings… [The rules] don’t generally require people wear face coverings for outdoor […]

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Okay, I know it’s strange-looking, but you try doing a watercolor of an elderly black cat from behind. I’m so done with felines. I should have sent in that adoption application I’d filled out for Sasha, the appealing German Shepherd mutt whose photo I posted a few days ago. She’s now on trial adoption. I hope she’s found a happy home. Clearly, I’m crippled by indecision about the whole prospect. In the meantime, here’s a […]

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