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Last Saturday one of my neighbors across the courtyard died. I didn't know her at all, but she was about my age. She lived with a couple who own one of the townhouses across the courtyard; the woman plays in the SCA with the Bright Hills archers, while her husband doesn't participate.
She (the SCA archer) had posted it Saturday evening on Facebook. Obviously she was in a state of shock. So on Sunday I met her outside at the picnic table and we kept our face masks on and talked for more than an hour. Apparently Kate (the housemate) was getting ready to go shopping when she started to get numb on one side. My friend and her husband noticed her face was drooping and drooly on one side. Classic signs of a stroke. By the time the ambulance got there, she was already unresponsive. She was airlifted from the local hospital to Washington Hospital Center, but she passed away.
Nothing to do with covid-19.
Another sad thing in the news: Rep. John Lewis, the great civil-rights leader, lost his battle with cancer on Friday. He led a most admirable life. Our country is diminished by his loss.
The best thing over the last few days has been that I got another feature assignment from my major client (and ex-employer). It's not due until late October, but it holds the promise of a nice chunk of change.
She (the SCA archer) had posted it Saturday evening on Facebook. Obviously she was in a state of shock. So on Sunday I met her outside at the picnic table and we kept our face masks on and talked for more than an hour. Apparently Kate (the housemate) was getting ready to go shopping when she started to get numb on one side. My friend and her husband noticed her face was drooping and drooly on one side. Classic signs of a stroke. By the time the ambulance got there, she was already unresponsive. She was airlifted from the local hospital to Washington Hospital Center, but she passed away.
Nothing to do with covid-19.
Another sad thing in the news: Rep. John Lewis, the great civil-rights leader, lost his battle with cancer on Friday. He led a most admirable life. Our country is diminished by his loss.
The best thing over the last few days has been that I got another feature assignment from my major client (and ex-employer). It's not due until late October, but it holds the promise of a nice chunk of change.
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Date: 2020-07-29 04:36 am (UTC)From:Good that you got work from the old society: I looked up AAAS today and saw that it's been fucked up for 7 years now. Morale is still at the bottom, new ideas are shunned and people keep rotating out while a core just stays there and keeps the crappy status quo. Never thought I could see such an amazing place turn so fast, in a couple of weeks . But there it is, and 7 years later they have still lost their way.
I wonder if they will ever find it.
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Date: 2020-07-30 03:38 am (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2020-07-31 12:45 pm (UTC)From:Still, I think I'll hold an "OrgyFest" in the spring of next year to make up for it. Orgy of meat, food, and such to celebrate that WE MADE IT!!!
Or the Republicans will win and I'll have the next 50 years of my life taken from me. Might as well get it all out at once :-)