Timelies all!
Tired as usual. A certain feline and a small boy made sure I wouldn't sleep in...
Marco: Do we look reasonable to you? Mal: Well. Looks can be deceiving. Jayne: Not as deceiving as a low down dirty... deceiver.
'Out Of Gas'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sheryl - Apr 12, 2020 9:08:32 am PDT #19666 of 30019
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Beverly - Apr 12, 2020 9:32:10 am PDT #19667 of 30019
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
My customary come-and-go articulateness seems to have settled on gone for a good while, and I'm finding it harder to comment, far more easy to nod and scroll. So I apologize for reading and not holding up my corner of the conversation.
But I have to hug JZ, and Hec and Matilda, too. Your posts have been so eloquently spoken about grief as an unavoidable reality, experienced in the midst of the utter disorientation and constant low-level fear and trepidation of a pandemic. Bringing personal grief and love and loss into sharp contrast with the life we all expected to be living now, and the reality we're all picking our way through, trying not to touch anything. I'm so very grateful you shared your experience, hopefully let our small collective here support the three of you in some small way. Aside from real-world community, and family, and friends, here's another place where you are loved, your voice and experience treasured as you share it.
Thank you.
Laura - Apr 12, 2020 9:47:06 am PDT #19668 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.
I can't say it better than Beverly and others have said it. JZ, I hope the love we have for you and yours brings some comfort.
Gud also replied to my email saying he was okay. I hope we hear more from him soon.
Dana - Apr 12, 2020 10:56:20 am PDT #19669 of 30019
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Finally got yeast, and naturally don't have quite enough flour to make bread.
sj - Apr 12, 2020 11:40:36 am PDT #19670 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
My 92 year old grandfather and my aunt in her 70s are officially having Easter dinner with my cousin, the nurse.
Consuela - Apr 12, 2020 11:47:49 am PDT #19671 of 30019
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Oh, sj. I'm sorry they are not being sensible. Maybe the nurse will be good about masks and hygeine?
I am so sorry for your family, JZ, but I'm so glad your father took the action he needed to do in advance: going through probate at any time is a nightmare, and right now! I cannot even imagine how difficult it would be. So with luck maybe your brothers can coast for a bit before they have to make any big decisions w/rt the business.
I walked the dog, made biscuits to share with the family (my sister is delivering porchetta to everyone), had a family Zoom session to sing happy birthday to my nephew, and now I am ripping Dad's CDs very slowly.
Shir - Apr 12, 2020 11:56:01 am PDT #19672 of 30019
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Oh sj. I'm sorry for the nonsense.
sj - Apr 12, 2020 11:59:20 am PDT #19673 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I have no idea how sensible they're being. I told my grandfather not to hug my cousin and he laughed a bit.
Meanwhile our ricotta pie is chilling in the fridge. The lab is braising, the lasagna is baking, and TCG is making the pilaf.
esse - Apr 12, 2020 12:15:14 pm PDT #19674 of 30019
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
That sounds *delicious*, sj.
Trudy Booth - Apr 12, 2020 12:30:06 pm PDT #19675 of 30019
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I'm so glad your father took the action he needed to do in advance: going through probate at any time is a nightmare, and right now! I cannot even imagine how difficult it would be.
It's an act of love to face your own mortality and spare your family that chaos. Not everyone can do it. This is your father actively present in your life, JZ. Nothing can make him all the way gone.