Friday, March 14, 2025  

     My favorite cookie is now from Whole Foods. On the plastic clam box, a sticker says WALNUT. No other name. Family members have introduced me to these cookies and I am forever grateful. I eat one a day when I have them. I am dependent on the kindness of strangers and visitors. They are definitely competing with my love of chocolate donuts.

      I tell the PT about these wonder cookies.  He focuses on counting the exercise I am doing.  Finally, he fact checks me on his iPhone. He shows me a picture and asks, are these them. Yep, I say. I wanted to bring him a cookie, but I ate the last one.  

    Last night, I read a short book by Claire Keegan, SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE. A story set in Ireland about the mistreatment of young women. We have come a long way, I hope

     Watch a lot of news as court decisions start coming in, and the stock market is falling. Where is the next political craziness going to come from. I worry about losing my income, losing the local infrastructure which keeps the community safe and functioning, losing my medical care.