Or, "Father's Day Visit", part 2. So, Tuesday morning, got up, did the three-mile walk with Dad and Sam as usual (those walks have been really wonderful), and Dad and I had breakfast. Then got cleaned up and packed and on the road by about 11:00. Three hours of fairly pleasant driving and then found …
Bachelor Boys
Since my mom died in January, the goal was always to visit my dad (and brother) more often than we usually do, and have him visit us. We'd already planned a visit around Eastertime. But COVID shut that down, of course. And our tradition has always been to do a visit around Memorial Day, but …
An experiment
In my last blog post, I made an aside that I was not ready to engage in the JK Rowling backlash... yet. I mentioned that I loved JKR, generally, and had read tweets of hers that had caused others to react badly, but which had seemed to me to be innocuous. It's not that I …
Opening Up
New York City is a doing a "Phase 1" opening today, which means construction can start up again and subway service is back to normal and stores can open for pickup/delivery only. Doesn't make much of a difference to me, except I was able to drop off dry cleaning this weekend for the first time. …
Let’s Get Caught Up, Shall We?
Coronavirus stuff: in the KP household, things are much the same. New York City is about to do a Phase 1 reopening. It occurred to me that it's entirely possible that if I get job interviews (knock wood), I may actually have to go to an office in a suit at some point for one, …
Back to Basics
When you practice a piece of music, if there's a tricky part you are not getting, you disassemble it. You break it down into pieces. You work the pieces - just the right hand here, for one measure. Very slowly. Does each note flow one to the next using the fingerings you're using? No? Try …
Drano
OK, it's now "American Summer", the period between Memorial Day and Labor Day. It took me a while to realize that, once I got out of school, summer wasn't actually that much fun. I wasn't a 'go to the shore with a bunch of friends' kinda guy, mostly summer was just hot and sticky. For …
Horta
For #MOC19, Vance prompted: If you are in an area that encouraged self-isolation during the pandemic, and were able to self-isolate, how have your daily patterns changed from the beginning of your self-isolation to now? Consider writing about any alterations in your trips for essentials, recreational patterns, or in your day-to-day routines, between the beginning …
Sinkhole
Here we are, some more. What is this, week 8 since shutdown? Something like that. I still go out once a day, and have a mild feeling of shame that I don't wear a face covering until I go into a store. I could, I guess, but I know the point of the face covering …
…where merry lads are staying…
...inside. Well, actually, weather's getting nice. I got out on my bike twice this weekend, and g-d willing, will get out several times this week. A shout-out to my bike, which was C's bike. He doesn't use it any more, and when I got rid of my folding one last year, suggested I take it …
