Philadelphia – killer puppy tails

Day 121, After the Storm

Tropical Storm Fay blew through here yesterday. It wasn’t a bad storm by any means (says the person who has been through 5 hurricanes). The courtyard was a bit flooded and Jon & I had to change our clothes after walking the dogs to the corner, but otherwise all was well. Not even much lightningContinue reading “Day 121, After the Storm”

Day 80, with Nebulas, Protests and Curfews

Holy crap, folks. Okay, so first, because it’s most MOST important and this blog is for me to remember dates and times things happened* as much as it is to share with others, this past weekend there were nationwide protests about police brutality, systemic racism and government-sanctioned murder. It’s amazing to watch these protests unfold,Continue reading “Day 80, with Nebulas, Protests and Curfews”

Day 14, With Spring

It’s the time of year I love the most*. This morning I looked out my office window and the sun was shining juuust right on the magnolia tree and forsythia bush across the street, and I felt… Well. Back in my early days I’d have felt overflowing, like a cup fuller than full, in theContinue reading “Day 14, With Spring”

1/12/2020

It’s too warm. I’ll say it again: It’s too freaking warm. It’s SIXTY FOUR degrees here. It’s more than that in NYC. In the meantime, where my family is it’s below freezing, and in Toronto it’s harsher. My back surgery site aches like hell because the temp is changing so rapidly. This climate change thingContinue reading “1/12/2020”

Happy September

Though, uh, not THIS week, ffs. Our block is enduring some massive construction to fix some pipes, and the streets are torn up and our road is closed. But that’s not the really rough part. The rough part is that things keep going wrong. Monday – We had a marvelous TRUCK parked right outside ourContinue reading “Happy September”

Welcome to Philadelphia

Been a bit of time since I’ve updated here, sheesh. It feels like I’ve been running on empty for months now, with Jon being here since end of March and needing to do multiple cross-country drives and a flight in order to get everything settled in. Yeah, I did 4650 miles in a car, 1550Continue reading “Welcome to Philadelphia”