How are you doing? How are you feeling? Do you have any great summer plans?
In brief, I’m helping my daughter plan and pull together her wedding, calling my elected representatives weekly, and attending a protest once a month. Next one, No Kings, is scheduled for the day of Trump’s Soviet-style birthday parade–June 14th. My roses are blooming, the hellebores have come and gone, I’m waiting for more butterflies. I’m really truly learning Spanish, bit by bit, and for the most part getting done what needs doing in time.
In truth, and less briefly, I feel a little rusty writing here. So much of what I think about now is either secret until September (wedding date), done better by others (Heather Cox Richardson), or quiet and personal about being, well, a person. But I’m slowly reinhabiting my typing fingers, so you can perhaps bear with me. If there’s anything you might be interested in reading, please let me know.
And I’ll ask again, how are you? How is your morning, if it’s morning there? What are you finding to be important right now?
Have a wonderful weekend.
8 Responses
Good morning, Lisa.
I understand that uncertain rusty feeling. What to write about as the world falls apart, and yet continues to pump and hum? I feel it too.
I am wondering, however, about your novel. You’ve mentioned it over the years but I have lost track. Would love an update / preview / excerpt.
All the best!
I’d love to have superficial posts and conversations about clothing, what’re women our age buying, doing to be not invisible or invisible, feelings about aging – you know the drill. It seems most of us could use a mental break and something fun. XO
I agree with KSL- love to read your blogs on clothes especially!
Thank you for telling us about No Kings. I’ve been feeling helpless a lot lately, and it does help to see others speaking truth to power.
Had a slow start today too — it’s one of those days where nothing I do seems to go right. It always cheers me up to read your posts, though, and I agree with everyone else that we need little bright things to distract us in these troubling times (clothes, novels, nature photos, fun festive/cowboy events :) ). And go you for learning Spanish! I’m very rusty with that and have been meaning to find a course online. Are there any you would recommend?
Have a lovely weekend, everyone. ❤
Hello from Ireland. I’m with the ladies above. A mental break is badly needed and I have always enjoyed your posts on clothes, accessories, and style generally for us older women who love clothes and don’t want to be invisible .
I am also struggling to find things to write about but I, like other commenters have said, do enjoy some distractions, so please share. I live in a large city so I’m sure there will be a No Kings protest here too. We had a great turnout on April 5th so I hope to see at least as many people out on June 14.
I have followed you for years and enjoy reading whatever you have to write!! Please continue!
Glad to see you in my inbox again, on any topic. Takes a while to get back into a routine after a well-deserved break, plus history’s been happening in hyperdrive.
Had a lovely time at a sheep and wool festival with younger son and daughter-in-law today. And tomorrow I’m heading down to see older son and help close up his old apartment — he just moved to his new home this past Thursday.
Yes to whichever version of resistance I’m able to manage, to include savoring happiness (what is WITH the glee at making people miserable???). Meetings, phone calls, signing in on bills. Love to see all the efforts to make participating feasible for people, like virtual protests for the homebound, etc.
Hope your daughter’s wedding preparations are going happily and smoothly. So looking forward to seeing more of whatever you’re able to share there.