Wednesday, February 25, 2026

     I am in the bathroom.  I hear the footsteps coming up to the door and then retreating. It is another package delivery but no it is the building inspector.  I received a message from the heating company. The inspector came and left.  He could come back.  I sit in the living room reviewing the technical documents for the new heater. Waiting for him becomes agony. I am afraid. I have become afraid of the government.

     The front door is open.  The inspector arrives. I am home and waiting. He says your door bell doesn’t work. I stay silent. I give him the papers and he goes to the basement to check the heater.  Five minutes, he is done, signs off on the permit and leaves. It takes hours for me to calm down. I don’t know what I was expecting. I am afraid of being forced out of my home.

      I watch the political show with the president.  I don’t need to listen to the journalists to know how crazy he is. Crazy and somewhat charming. He lies so well. He is good for a TV show but in real life he is a disaster. He threatens our survival as a functioning nation.

     I continue to read THE LONELINESS OF SONIA AND SUNNY by Kiran Desai. Such a good book.  I will have to look at her other books in the future.