Friday, April 10, 2026

     Thursday morning, I see hummingbirds busy with the bright red flower clusters on the bottle bush trees. So few birds this year in the garden. This morning, rain is falling and the sky is gray.

     I remember a time in the 1980’s early in the AIDS epidemic.  I was in charge of a Medi Cal AIDS case management program and all the men were dying. For weeks I would just cry at work. So many wonderful guys were dying. And then I got used to it and better treatments were found. And I could stop crying.

     The professor is visiting for a few days. We reminisce about our childhood growing up in the same family. For a treat we are binge watching season 2 of THE PITT. Me for the second time. The second time is actually better. I understand what is happening in that fast paced Emergency Room. I am reminded of my many trips to the ER the last five years.

     I continue to read THIS IS HAPPINESS, a novel by Niall Williams. It has taken me awhile to enjoy the slow descriptive passages of a quiet Irish town in the 1950’s.