January 11, 2026

Annie made a country pate that is superb.  I just ate a piece of it and got in touch with my roots. 

Eliza just told me she could put sprinkles on her slice of cake tonight that her  Papa just baked.

EJ is looking for homes for old clothes, he's separated out costumes from his old clothing and has stuff to give away.

Kevin had a strong week.

Jiah says there were1000 people at the Brattleboro  vigil.

And I'll make sure Paul and Molly are ok in a bit. 

 

The weather was much improved today and I still have the pleasure of having Annie's car so I went out this morning to see where the  swans were at.

The car feels so safe and secure.  It's got power, but it's solid. It's  been a long time since I felt secure in a car.  Driving the Jetta was a pleasure, but being sure  that it wouldn't break down was always on my mind.   And now that I understand what was wrong with the engine, I get why I felt that way.

But Honda's are going home for  me.  I remember my first year living in Greenfield and taking graduate classes at UMass in  1979, I had to borrow Tom's little civic, bright banana yellow, for a few weeks while I found a new car.  I drove that tiny little car back and forth to Amherst on the river road.  It was so easy and tight, and it went where you pointed it.  Well, this is the same only much bigger. 

The prompt  was if you do >>> I will fall in love with you followed by a list of things one can do like opening the lid on the  jar too difficult for my wrists to take, pick me piles of black eyed Susans, pour me a mug of hot  green tea,  cook for me, sing to me, play cards with, oh yeah, sing to  me again.    Leo's list is very different and makes me fall in love with  the author.  I wonder if I could write a list that made others fall in  love with me.  I'll try.  

I sat  at the canal for 2 hours, most of the time talking to Kevin on the phone, but making the car my new comfortable office resting in sun light and watching the  action, the bird action.  Then  I came  home for  a nap and then I continued my journey to find the rest of the money Annie needs to gift me the car.   If you  are at all interested in donating anything towards this, I'd be so happy.  I'm almost there and I didn't want to make it a formal GoFundMe, but if it works out, it will improve my life so much and I will be so grateful.   Message me  if you'd like to help.

Today there were 18 swans by the time I left.  There were two groupings of gulls, and a flock of Canada geese arrived in the middle of everything.   The eagle did fly over once.  

This   lone Bufflehead bobbed around swimming alongside the geese. I think I saw a female merganser in the pile, too.  

So  you can see, it was a good day and there is so much for me to be grateful for.  Tonight I will count them.  Tonight I will hold tight to the knowledge that I am so well loved and protected.

Some of my people are hurt or injured at the moment, I am lighting a candle tonight  and intentionally saying their names and stories.

Some of my people feel so blessed by their lives at the moment, they are holding love close to their chests.

Some of my people feel fear tonight, anguish, confusion by the state  of the world.  It is not an easy  time and I am blown away by  the ignorance our  "learn to take the test"  educational system has created in this country.    

But still, there is love.