On top of a sucky day, I found a note from her that she wrote about two years ago. I hadn't seen it before now.I'll deal with it. But why couldn't I have found the note two weeks ago? Or two weeks later?And yeah, there could be other notes. I'll just have to accept them when I…
I saw Isaac Bonewits in the hospital today. His surgery was successful, in the sense that it re-configured his intestinal tract in the planned way. But otherwise, he looked more miserable than I’ve seen him so far during this process.
So I said good-bye to her.No fuss, no discussion, no more futile attempts at closure. I don't think she understands that we won't see each other again, or that that will be entirely her choice.She taught me a lot. But one lesson I did not learn is how to let go. Maybe I'll finally learn that lesson…
Nothing sophisticated here. If you’re looking for deep thoughts or heavy philosophizing, you’ll get that in my next blog post.
I flew to Los Angeles yesterday, to visit my mother for a combination Mother's Day + 80th birthday get-together. During the trip, I've had a chance to take in some of the sites of the region. Here are a few notes: - The Pacific Ocean is lovely. That beauty is marred by the horizon, where the smog…
I’m giving away two pieces of computer network hardware. They’re about five years old, but perfectly functional.
The seder was good this year… but it felt short. There were only four participants, everyone knew the haggadah, and we knew each other’s opinions too well to have much discussion.