Following the Thanksgiving debacle a month ago when Ivi had to return to Seattle without landing due to fog, her plane successfully lands today, despite rain and some fog.
[rDay Thirteen-Hundred-Sixty-Nine]
Following the Thanksgiving debacle a month ago when Ivi had to return to Seattle without landing due to fog, her plane successfully lands today, despite rain and some fog.
[rDay Thirteen-Hundred-Sixty-Nine]
Leaving for my downtown workspace, a work crew is outside scooping up the vast quantity of leaves that have fallen in the neighborhood with the advent of winter. Friendly discussion followed but they didn’t tell me what was coming next …
Returning home for lunch, I come upon a blocked-off street and a new crew removing two trees — one beside our front door near the side gate and one curbside.
And by the next morning, little remained. Naked and vulnerable.
[rDay Thirteen-Hundred-Sixty-Five/Six]
This morning a reader phoned me for directions to brother Dennis’ daily poetry. Depends on what kind of device you are using to browse the Web. Here are three alternatives:
1. If you are using a desktop or laptop computer or other wide-screen device, you can always access the poetry page via the POTD link that appears on the left side of the page when you scroll down:
2. If you are using a smartphone or a tablet in portrait mode, you will probably see a display something like this:
Click the “hamburger” icon, and then you should see a display of the side panel links, similar to that for the full-sized display described initially.
3. The third alternative is to use (and bookmark) this link:
http://whilebusy.com/potd-dennis-poem-of-the-day/
A Quartz writer reminds us that if you are going to delete Facebook, you also ought to be deleting Instagram and WhatsApp as well.
See some of our previous posts on the matter of Facebook, including this.
The customary daily shot(s) from my workspace window:
Almost certainly of interest only to a certain few (with a Civic lesson):
Hoping to bring this series of bizarre holiday displays in the neighborhood to a close:
Against all odds, Keith Richards turns 75 today.
Lots of commentary and memories going around today, including this from (fer cryin’ out loud) The Federalist.
Walking home after dark tonight: