My very first blog post was on the Lyft drivers who hauled me around Austin. How I loved conversing with them. Diverse people from all over. And they got me where I needed to be. Now it's the Instacart drivers. I broke a spine bone, an elbow, and worst of all, a kneecap in 2024. … Continue reading Tip Economy

Cat Quinn as usual woke me sometime in the middle of the night, what he does. He is awfully cute and can be calm but still at inconvenient times a little too energetic. So let's sit up. No more sleeping. I tore up and threw out a bunch of scribbles. Kept the ones I still … Continue reading So New Year

January is looming. Some bad stuff coming. I do my obsessive media silo which I probably shouldn't but do it anyway. The presidential historians...this is really bad. Maybe the people who chose this will soon discover the practical impact on their lives. They aren't going to the house in Florida or the private flight. They … Continue reading So Scared

But Jimmy Carter, one of kindest people probably ever, made it to 100 years. I remember watching the signing of the Camp David Accords how optimistic that felt. Being my age during the six day war, I so remember being scared another world war was coming. Well Jimmy Carter brokered that agreement. My very much … Continue reading OK I’m Sad, Goodbye, Buddha Bless, Jimmy Carter

Growing up, we had a nice house and grounds, but not cable, just network television. I would wait all year for the Charlie Brown Christmas with that sad little salvaged, saved tree. Could only watch when it aired live. And I did every year, couldn't wait. I bought all the Peanuts on VHS for my … Continue reading Peanuts

Another cliche. But it's not. For too many people, too many in distress, it can be literally life saving. Last time in Austin I was really thrown by the tents and blankets under the freeways. Literally jammed. Real people without safe shelter, a home even better, maybe not having food or water, possibly some human … Continue reading Safety Net

Gosh do I have a list. I'm no billionaire but I can pay for someone's adoption fees at the animal shelter here local. OK that's one thing. Every day one step next step. International Rescue Committee not local, responding to the world's worst humanitarian crises though. So Giving Tuesday. From where I can right now.

Anyone who's gushed over a summer evening picnic blanket at a Millennium Park concert knows the Pritzker name. (That would be Chicago.) As much as I loved Austin, and I did, really did, do still miss it, (and the gob smacking amazing Texas state parks close by, Bastrop, Pedernales Falls). Here it's the marvelous Allerton … Continue reading Blue State Governors

So superficial. No like these cords. The laptop exists for a few hours wireless. Phone if it's connected to the laptop. Hospital left my phone brick in the cord galore wall. New brick from Amazon didn't fit. Got to consider annoyance compared with real world problems. Take a break. Wireless vacuum and Swiffer and regular … Continue reading Tiny Gripe, Tiny Happy Friday, Now Tiny Happy Monday