At least I couldn’t ( physically) hear it!
“ only” about 10 💥 that forced me into shock mode… first time ( ever) not being awakened by it around 2-3 am, either!
My “ good deed” of picking up two large fireworks debris ( and put in the trash ,safely) netted me a small pocket knife, which I learned was a “ major score”, according to my husband! .. all because I was on my 🚲 riding 🏠 from 🐐 classes!
Yesterday I found a pair of Felker pruners in the roadway ( also on 🚲)..

Now I have a glimpse of why the homeless have “ so much stuff”… 🫣

The fireworks were nothing! Wait until you hear about the street fair!

Only One this time! Yay..Now to try and get some sleep with the noise of the fireworks ( safe and INsane, I say) 🙄

Really! That's interesting, because I got two identical responses from you. I have a theory in this - it could be related to the fact that we still have technical issues related to buying the new iPad - after FOUR hours in the Apple Store the day before yesterday there are still problems only they can resolve.

Let me know if you also get two emails from this response. I might need Jeff's help repairing whatever is broken here.

First off..Scott..Are you aware your replies are now being sent twice? I thought it was an oversight the other day to someone else, but realize now, it is still apparent. Not sure if you are hitting “send” twice for “to be sure” frame of mind…but, just sayin’.

Yes, the Murray Street Bridge is “only” a “breather” for traffic beginning at the foot of East Cliff Drive to Seventh Avenue. However, a LOT of traffic beginning on the West side driving south in the afternoons used this one lane ( well, it is two lanes ..one in each direction) However, for some unexplained reason the traffic going northbound is never affected like this. This earthquake retrofit project has been in the works since the early 1990’s…Of course, now that the city population has grown a lot ( too many cars and not enough bicycles!) the timing and costs are horrendous.

That bridge is closed for two years? That must be so horrible for your community, it makes me think of the poor folks living on Big Sur severed by the latest slide.

The forgetting thing is a caution alright. Rachael and I both have systems, but it's so hard to not be on autopilot and miss a step or set something down in an unusual place and then panic because you're sure you left it somewhere. Old age ain't for sissies, that's for sure.

That bridge is closed for two years? That must be so horrible for your community, it makes me think of the poor folks living on Big Sur severed by the latest slide.

The forgetting thing is a caution alright. Rachael and I both have systems, but it's so hard to not be on autopilot and miss a step or set something down in an unusual place and then panic because you're sure you left it somewhere. Old age ain't for sissies, that's for sure.

Well.. guess some of your “ forgetting things” has flown over to me, here in CA..

I walked out of my house yesterday for my last thumb arthritis pt appointment not realizing ( at the time) I had, indeed, left the iPhone sitting in my kitchen.

Panic ensued when I got to the office and was futzing around in my bag to let them know I was there, but the phone wasn’t.

I have not seen the therapist in 3 months and this was to be my very last appointment unless I go the route through our physician, which, as you know, takes forever.

Instead of concentrating and having a good last appointment, all I could think about was the darned phone!

She was kind enough to call it for me, but, then, who would answer? You can’t do the “ find my iPhone” trick, either! 😣

At the almost end of the session, she ☎️ my 🏠 landline 📞 and my husband said “ 👋, yes Karen, your iPhone is here”, without even knowing who was calling 😬..

With our traffic now ( the Murray Bridge is closed for 2 years! Yes, years!!)! everyone drives in the neighborhood and, of course, 💨.. I want to put up a sign that says “ You may be heading home, but we ARE, so drive responsibly”.. Ha! They would not see it because of their speed..

Off my soapbox..

“Eye opener”.. let’s hope it not only IS open, but can continue to see…

So glad you have a great sense of taste.. in clothes and your husband, who is not “ himself” lately, but you are a great partner. 😇

Oh, my gosh. Were you along for that event too? I've been trying to remember where I was when that occurred. Isn't it astonishing how scarring and unerasable an incident like that is?

The meeting with Gramma - would that have been at her mobile home in Gladstone, when Harry was still alive but suffering from that horrible stroke? That day is another one that's going to get set down here someday.
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That is pretty cute, isn't it! Two things are going on here though - it's a head-on crash between the keypad and my vision issues (and not my hyperactivity, except tangentially). I was at this for a couple of hours. I woke up at two for the usual reasons, and thought I'd knock off a quick, short post before going to bed for a couple more hours. It didn't happen, and two hours later it just kept coming out, one odd association or remembrance or refinement at a time.

Which is fine. It's a side of me you've been familiar with when it drove you nuts that I'd come home in the wee hours after playing chess over at Hoover's house. Why are you upset, since you were asleep anyway? I just didn't get it at the time. My apologies, 57 years later.

The trouble now though is that my vision is at the worst then, just before I'm due for my next prednisone dose. It's hard to look at the bright screen, the keyboard is blurry, and I'm continuously hitting an adjacent key. I'm working at training myself away from early work like this and time boxing it into a different slot. In this case you get some gibberish generated from the spell checker, but also I regularly hit the all caps key when aiming for the A key. It's one of the reasons that I suspect that the mad king also has GCA fronting his malicious insanity.
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Yikes! These walks down memory lane are heavy and yet exhilarating. Grandma Woodings, met only once and yet so memorable. And that dark night of the poor unsuspecting canine. A memory that can go back to sleep, thank you very much.

Wow we are so lucky that you are so verbal. I recognize much of your experience having been an elephant in the room myself a time or two. I think we are lucky to be in the left coast in times like these. A place of innovation and thinking outside the box. My favorite takeaway from this entry is the word “quipestion.” Whether real or invented, intended or accidental, I love it.
Keep on keepin’ on, traveler. Just mind the gap.

Thanks. It has all my favorite colors!