Porthole

September 3 - 4

3 septembre

Experience vs secondhand vs hearsay vs I-read-it-in-a-book vs I-heard-it-on-Fox-news vs Q-whispered-in-my-ear.

Taliban of Texas and the failure of democracy: how men have decided that they have more rights to a woman's body than said female.

Blessings: never to be 21 again. 364 days to celebrate my life but you need to focus on the one day I reserve for myself. If you really don't like me being here then maybe I should schedule my own euthanasia on that day to save space on my headstone. Born - Died month/day

After a very chilly night with my fan on I now nurse a warm coffee and avocado toast.

I need to recycle blog posts like "Summer Daze at The Shallot"  and go back in time through L'aura's dusty layers!

I decided to keep my Dell Inspiron. It has limitations... that I'll just have to deal with. Plus, I really need a Samsung S9 plus ... a.s.a.p.

To Mike: "I have a stove, microwave, toaster-oven, toaster. I don't use the regular oven. I tend to eat whatever doesn't scurry away. The avocado was toast today. I don't eat out in restaurants except when traveling. I used to hang out in cafés. I'll grab something at our Saturday market."

4 septembre

68 degrees at noon. Went to market got some Greek custard pie, green beans (as a consolation because they didn't have my favorite malon, Sinful, and ate a blueberry pastry made by Irina. I chatted with Tootie about covid; she sells fragrances.

On the way to Butterfly Herbs I stopped to say hello to a woman washing windows. Agnes is 87, grew up in Humphreys, Minnesota. We talked about baking bread.

Now I'm waiting for my salted caramel milkshake while listening to Nessum Dorme from Turondot.

I'm doing okay today.

Found a website with a Thai keyboard (there are two types). There are no capital letters in Thai so 'shift' just gives diffrent characters. I'll need to choose one because the letters aren't in the same place. I can type from my regular keyboard. For instance 'i' gives me the letter 'r': and 'd' gives me 'k'.

ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ) is spelled 'z,iyd86i' The two 'i' are different (found on different screens). It means 'I love you'.

To Harlow Flick: "...some gun owners would have personal pocket nuclear grenades if they were allowed.

Too bad they don't make the connection that guns are useless if they don't kill. So why have one if you don't intend to kill someone?"

To Eric: "There's so much trauma in all of our lives, some big and some small, that accumulate over time until happiness becomes as elusive as trying to nail jello to a tree."

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