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Mom says she’s getting her Covid-19 vaccination next week. She lives in Oakland, so maybe California is getting its vaccine act together. I told Mom I’ll believe it after she gets the shot. Not that I don’t trust my mother, but the US Covid-19 vaccine rollout has been flawed and now it’s the last thingContinue reading “10 January 2021 – Sunday – #129”

The weather was a meteorological metaphor this week, strong winds blowing incessantly the final days of the 2020 to clear the Covid-19 taint from the air, then a cool sprinkle on New Year’s Day to cleanse celebratory hangovers, and finally a blushing New Year’s Day sunset to set the stage for 2021. After sunset, IContinue reading “3 January 2021 – Sunday – #128”

There are a couple of odd Christmas traditions in Catalonia, el Caganer y el Caga Tió. Ruben taught these to Brad and me when we arrived last year. The polite way of explaining el Caganer is that he’s a pastor symbolizing fertility, but fertility in the sense of fertilization. As in, how to say thisContinue reading “27 December 2020 – Sunday – #127”