Also, I apologize for logging in just for this and not reading other posts. I love you all, but the war takes a serious time and attention toll.

There is no need to apologize. I am just glad when I see your pixels.

apologize for logging in just for this and not reading other posts. I love you all, but the war takes a serious time and attention toll.

We appreciate so much that you take the time to check in. Sending love and wishes for something right to happen.

I apologize for logging in just for this and not reading other posts. I love you all, but the war takes a serious time and attention toll.

I'm just so glad to see your messages and know y'all are still OK.

Hec, is there anything folks can do to help those girls? Money, gift cards for Target or DoorDash, etc.?

Fashion question, of a sort: Next week I'm flying down to Georgia for a week that will include visiting family, a luxurious personal writing retreat up in the mountains, and then back to Atlanta for Multiverse Con the weekend of the 21st. What I would like to do at the con is wear my dinosaur dresses, of which I have three. Here is one for a sample: [link]

The problem is my feet. Ordinarily when I'm wearing a dress like that for a few hours, say a church service, a party, or a dinner date, I wear it with sandals or ankle boots. The problem is that for an all day event with a lot of walking and standing around, the only way for me to avoid foot pain and probably a sciatica flare to go with, is to wear sneakers, and not cute fashiony ones, but my running shoes. The current pair is almost plain black, chosen in large part to be unobtrusive because I do wear them for almost every occasion, but they're still obviously athletic shoes.

So do I wear my fun dinosaur dresses with my running shoes, or will that just look too utterly stupid and gauche, so I should stick to jeans and geeky t-shirts?

Wear your sneakers and be happy.

Liking Dana’s post 1000 times.

Shir, I am so glad you are safe and Nilly &family also. Thank you so much for checking in. This is just awful.

Shir, thank you for letting us know you and Nelly are safe.

Plain, black, comfortable running shoes are good for any occasion.

Wear your sneakers and be happy.

Thanks--I'll do that. Every once in awhile the ghost of mean girls from middle school, and even more the way standards of what one should and shouldn't wear together have changed since I was learning them, around about when I was occasionally getting picked on by aforesaid mean girls, gives me self-doubt, and sometimes it's nice to have some help shutting up those voices.

Shir, wishing you and Nilly and your families continued safety. Thanks for keeping us updated.

Shir, thank you for checking in. This is so awful. Keeping you and Nilly and your families close in thought and heart.