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Gloomy with periods of passing blue skies, but not a lot of hope on the horizon.
Mother and I are both depressed. She cries every day on the phone now. Usually about how much she misses my father, and how she wishes she could bring him home. Every day - "I want to bring your father home". Mother is holding desperately onto that hope. But I don't see how she possibly can, and I fear for her if she does. The latest separation - due to the COVID outbreaks in South Carolina (because of stupid-ass entitled anti-vaxxers) - is hard on my parents. My father's facility has been locked down for 14 days with no outside visitations, so mother can just call him. And it's hard to talk on the phone with someone struggling with dementia.
There's an article in the Times that I read over the weekend stating that we should feel empathy and compassion for the anti-vaxxers. I am sorry I can't feel anything but disdain for them. I don't know if that makes me a horrible person or merely human? Since I can't feel compassion for them, I avoid them.
Work...gives me something useful to do and focus on. Back in the office again tomorrow. At least no head-ache today.
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[That's a picture of a wooden statue in an art museum in San Jose, Costa Rica. It gets across how I'm feeling at the moment. ]
* Today, according to the NY Times Morning Briefing, The Secretary of State, New York, resigned. This is Melissa Da Rosa, Cuomo's righthand woman, who was with him on all those news briefings. ( Read more... )
* Cases are raising in the US. ( Read more... )
* Ah, the Governor's emails are back - after being on hiatus the previous week. Whomever is doing them chose to get back at it, I guess. The Governor may be a sleaze, but hey at least he's still providing intel on the virus. I don't think they are lying about the virus data - there's no reason to. Also if they wanted to lie, the information would be better.
( data from Governor's email )
If I'm depressed, you should be too...
( yes, we still have a pandemic folks, sorry to inform you of this...but its still here )
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Climate change has resulted in the devastating Dixie Fire in California, which is the second largest wildfire in California history. It devastated the small California Mountain Town of Greenville to rubble. This is a historic California Gold Rush Town. That town no longer exists.
On Instagram - James Marsters, who was born and raised in Greenville, requested people give what they can to the poor people displaced by the fire.
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The above photo is of Mt. Rainer in Washington State circa 2018.
Some potential good news, unless you are a Greedy Fiscal Conservative and if so, scroll on by. ( Read more... )
The rest of the news is depressing. I'm just glad I don't have kids. I fear for my poor niece though.
Mother and I are both depressed. She cries every day on the phone now. Usually about how much she misses my father, and how she wishes she could bring him home. Every day - "I want to bring your father home". Mother is holding desperately onto that hope. But I don't see how she possibly can, and I fear for her if she does. The latest separation - due to the COVID outbreaks in South Carolina (because of stupid-ass entitled anti-vaxxers) - is hard on my parents. My father's facility has been locked down for 14 days with no outside visitations, so mother can just call him. And it's hard to talk on the phone with someone struggling with dementia.
There's an article in the Times that I read over the weekend stating that we should feel empathy and compassion for the anti-vaxxers. I am sorry I can't feel anything but disdain for them. I don't know if that makes me a horrible person or merely human? Since I can't feel compassion for them, I avoid them.
Work...gives me something useful to do and focus on. Back in the office again tomorrow. At least no head-ache today.
***
[That's a picture of a wooden statue in an art museum in San Jose, Costa Rica. It gets across how I'm feeling at the moment. ]
* Today, according to the NY Times Morning Briefing, The Secretary of State, New York, resigned. This is Melissa Da Rosa, Cuomo's righthand woman, who was with him on all those news briefings. ( Read more... )
* Cases are raising in the US. ( Read more... )
* Ah, the Governor's emails are back - after being on hiatus the previous week. Whomever is doing them chose to get back at it, I guess. The Governor may be a sleaze, but hey at least he's still providing intel on the virus. I don't think they are lying about the virus data - there's no reason to. Also if they wanted to lie, the information would be better.
( data from Governor's email )
If I'm depressed, you should be too...
( yes, we still have a pandemic folks, sorry to inform you of this...but its still here )
***
Climate change has resulted in the devastating Dixie Fire in California, which is the second largest wildfire in California history. It devastated the small California Mountain Town of Greenville to rubble. This is a historic California Gold Rush Town. That town no longer exists.
On Instagram - James Marsters, who was born and raised in Greenville, requested people give what they can to the poor people displaced by the fire.
***
The above photo is of Mt. Rainer in Washington State circa 2018.
Some potential good news, unless you are a Greedy Fiscal Conservative and if so, scroll on by. ( Read more... )
The rest of the news is depressing. I'm just glad I don't have kids. I fear for my poor niece though.