Wednesday, October 21, 2026

     I take my roommate for her medical appointment and again am asked for safety reasons, to park in the dark garage to pick her up.  No lights there but some openings to let it some spots of natural light. My anger flares as I argue with the staff person. It is too dark for me to manage. I watch other cars whip in and out.  I can see in dark spaces as long as I have time to adjust. I hope I will figure it out.

     The rain is coming today and I will see if the repair on the skylight will hold. The beginning of rainy season is always a challenge. My roommate gives neighbors baskets of her garden tomatoes. CVS Caremark corrects the problem I point out to them, so all is good with my prescriptions.

     I put my two fluffy chickens back on the living room table.  I have more to put out. They have lived in a pile in the corner and now want to join us in the living room.

     We watch the last episodes of THE DIPLOMAT and SLOW HORSES, each with a dramatic cliff hanger.  Next year we will learn what happens next. I like REGIME CHANGE book but it is too upsetting to read at night time. So I spend the late evening polishing my skill at computer solitaire. I am slowly learning how to win more games.  The more I learn about the deceitful president the more dangerous the world seems.

 

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

     A regular prescription medication has not shown up in my mailbox yet. I use CVS Caremark mail order service for my medications. Today I have to track down why their portal has the wrong information. Sigh. I dread trying to straighten this out on line. I want to talk to someone in person and I assume that will not happen.

     Perfect weather now, sun but not too hot. Some drifting clouds.  Migrating birds in the bushes. Another bird flies into the house and has difficulty finding her way out.

     I give backyard tomatoes to the Monday MOW volunteer. For several years she has been friendly and a pleasure to visit with. And we have a lot of tomatoes. My roommate buys more Ad Astra bread at the Pacific Grove farmer’s market. I will slice and freeze bread for toast later.  

     We watch two more frenetic episodes of THE DIPLOMAT, Only one more episode to finish. I start reading REGIME CHANGE, Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump, by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan. A great overview of what is happening in the White House. And so discouraging. How could such a flawed corrupt group of people take over our government.

 

  Monday, October 19, 2026

      Mourning doves calling in the morning. Tiny birds in the berry bush. A blue Jay flies into the living room.  My roommate talks to the agitated bird and picks her up and lets her loose outside.

     The Sunday paper is on my lap waiting to be read. But first I want to write before I forget what to write about.  Yesterday late afternoon, the weather shifted, cool fog slowly drifts to our home blocking the warm sun.  Time to close the doors and windows and settle in.

     My body’s lethargy begins to retreat. I take a shower, comb my clean hair and start a load of laundry. I watch reports of the massive No Kings Day across the country.

     We watch more episodes of the frenetic THE DIPLOMAT, before going to bed. We are waiting for the next episodes of SLOW HORSES and SMALL PROPHETS.  I finish reading THE WRONG END OF THE TELESCOPE, beautifully written book about the Immigrants’ invasion in Greece. More friends report they have voted for my roommate for county school board. The waiting time for the election is almost over. Soon we will be able to breathe again.