May his memory continue to be a blessing -- sometimes one of my elderly residents uses one of the phrases that a woman of my Mom's age (she'd be 98 now) would only use, and I'm blessed with her memory yet again.
Yes, it was a lovely bit of nostalgia talking with this old friend. His mother shared a birthday with my mom, she is one year younger. His mom still alive at 98. He lamented the limited ability to visit with her now.
The most encouraging part of the night out at the local bar was that I knew I was in the company of Trumpers, but Trump was never mentioned. The only political conversation was all 6 people agreeing that no one in NY would trade their governor for ours no matter how much they like to complain about him.
The owner/bartender was talking about home schooling her 3 kids and how much they all are enjoying this new normal. Her husband and one of the kids have conditions that make her super vigilant with masking and made her elect to not send them to school. She has even lost weight from going on hikes and field trips with them. She expects to continue with home school after the threat is gone. She also expressed how lucky they were that they own their building without mortgage and with her mother and daughter they have been able to stay open and make it through with the sharp drop in business.
DH joked that he had to go back to Florida because I had no popcorn up here and the bartender went in back and brought back two bags of microwave popcorn for him.
Anyway, the short version is that it was nice to socialize with people I have known for decades, at least two of which I know have Trump flags flying in front of their homes, and just talk about normal life stuff. They know well where I stand politically, but it had nothing to do with the various topics discussed over the evening.