When remarkable people die, obituaries remind us of why they were remarkable. For me, I always learn something new and, often, illuminating. In the case of RBG, that included a particular case she took on behalf of a man (though best known for championing women’s causes, she represented many men in their fight for equal […]
The good news is that our visit to see our son Gus, though delayed a day by weather, took place yesterday at his group home in Watertown, Wisconsin. We stayed distant, sitting on the deck behind the house, but it was good to see him in the flesh, not on Zoom, and to hear him […]
As blog readers know from last Monday’s post, last week was not a happy one for me. Emotional dips happen to everyone I know from time to time. In these circumstances, the dips are deeper. Lots of us get miserable now and then, but to quote an old saw, misery loves company. Beats hell out of misery […]
A couple of vignettes from 2020: Saturday we escaped our concrete jungle in downtown Chicago for the verdant back yard of friends in suburban Glen Ellyn. Well, we ended up inside because of rain, but the thought was good. (FYI, we all were safe. Apart from the continuing good signs about Beth’s and my likely […]
Every time we leave our condo, Beth asks two questions of me: Do you have your mask? Do you have your cane? They are related questions. I wear the mask because it’s required in our building and in Illinois, yes, but more because I want to be part of the solution—and help stop the coronavirus. […]