Sunday, October 25, 2026

     Clear night sky, moon light creeping into my bedroom through curtains and shutters. I fall asleep under the umbrella of moon light.

     The tall man brings me a COSTCO hot dog for lunch on Saturday. A giant hot dog with relish, mustard, and onions, and a coco-cola. Maybe once every couple of years I get such a treat. Most of the food I eat comes from Meals on Wheels daily deliveries. They do not have COSTCO hot dogs.

     I have already voted and still I get glossy election advertisements in the mail daily. I also get scam texts and phone calls daily offering to give me obscene amounts of money. I must have a hidden part of myself attractive to these scammers. Life can be dangerous.

     I watch an episode of LAW AND ORDER, an old TV series. I don’t know if I want to continue. Hard to find interesting TV shoes that are not violent and are interesting. MAJOR CRIMES, another old series is interesting but the stories are kind of stale. I am totally committed to reading REGIME CHANGE, a report of the Trump folks in the White house. I am so sad our country I love is fighting and supporting wars around the world. There is no end in sight.

 

Saturday, October 24, 2026

     The truck man comes by for a visit.  He no longer has his antique truck, now he drives a new low end four door Ford truck.  His face is a bit swollen.  He is recovering from cataract surgery. I am lethargic, waking up from my afternoon nap. And still, we talk and laugh. We are in our eighties and still alive. And we tell stories about the antics of our young adult grandchildren.

     Yes I do think about death although I don’t feel like I am dying soon. I’ve learned the body knows how to die, just as the body knows how to fall asleep. It is not a performance issue. Death pops us among my friends to remind me dying is still a possibility.

     Bright warm sun this morning in the kitchen as I put together my coffee and cereal. My bedroom, where I eat my breakfast, is at least 20 degrees cooler. Soon, my room will be warm and the kitchen cool. No dogs barking or birds chirping.  However, the sounds of airplanes come through the open window.

     We watch episodes of YOUTH and of SMALL PROPHETS. Now SMALL PROPHETS is weird and wonderful.  It is rated 100 % critics score on Rotten Tomatoes. I don’t think I have ever seen a show with 100% score. I am captivated with the nonfiction REGIME CHANGE, a close look at how the Trump world actually works. They all should go to prison. I wonder what will change with the upcoming election. SIGH.

 

Friday, October 23, 2026

     When I am 18 before going to college, my father hires me to be his assistant in leading a large group of pilgrims to visit Majorca, Spain and various European cities. I am mostly responsible for not losing people or luggage during the 6 week trip. We have two buses and use several different hotels each night. I tie ribbons on luggage so they got to the right hotels and I kept track of stragglers. I find bathrooms for the travelers and keep them boarding the right buses. Maybe he realizes my special skill is getting things done. We actually lose one person who slips away on a drinking binge. We don’t lose any luggage.

     After several hours of attempts to sleep I turn on the lights and sit up in my blue recliner. I can’t force myself to fall asleep. So I check my computer apps, plat computer solitaire, and then read a current New Yorker until my body decides sleep might be an option.

     Most of the Thursday is cloudy and cool until the rain starts. I never go outside, always a mistake. Walking outside is therapeutic for me. Cloudy cold morning today.  Seagulls squawking in the distance.

     In the evening, I am home alone. I watch an episode of YOUTH, looks promising and then another episode of the older series, MAJOR CRIMES. I continue to read EXIT PARTY, a very complicated novel. I get confused with the various names of the characters. My roommate focuses on the upcoming local election. I watch the national predictions on TV. At this point all news is just filler material as we hold our breath for the real results of the election. The incompetent president keeps up with his lies.