Monday, June 1, 2026

     This is a birthday month, My younger brother in early June and me in late June. I don’t much celebrate, I don’t know why. I send my brother a text message wishing him a happy birthday and I like to receive text messages back.  This year I want to celebrate by watching the new movie THE SHEEP DETECTIVES, when it starts streaming this summer.

     Times were different in the mid 20^th century when, in my early twenties, I was a single parent with three young children and a job. I was able to afford housing, food, babysitter and eventually college mostly on my social worker salary and some infrequent support from their father. Couldn’t happen in today’s economy. I didn’t realize how fragile life was then. I am grateful to Lyndon Johnson’s war on poverty that made it all possible.

     The salad plot is ready to be harvested. These greens grow so fast.  I am not sure I can eat them fast enough.

     In the evening, we watch more episodes of HACKS. We have the last two episodes to go. My roommate prefers hearing the bad political news on her tiny cell phone in small bites. I prefer the big TV screen.