If you have yet to receive an email from a friend asking you to buy a gift card for them because they’re sick and can’t get out, count yourself lucky. I fell for just such a scam a year ago, … Continue reading
First Hill: Out and About
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I actually got dressed before noon today. I had a lunch date with an old friend and a new friend, then other things this afternoon, then a book group in the evening. But a book I ordered was waiting for … Continue reading
Coming to Grips With Covid
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Covid is endemic. It’s never going away. So now what. I’m triple-vaxxed, and mentally, I’m starting to lose a bit of my anxiety. Charlie and I showed our “vaccine passports” at a Starbucks this week so we could sit down … Continue reading
Why I’m Right
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Why am I so often right while you are so often wrong? That is the question, isn’t it. Kathryn Schulz did an excellent job of explaining why it’s so hard to be wrong in her book Being Wrong. I refer … Continue reading
Just Call Me Karen
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That’s right, I’m a Karen. Yesterday I called 911 to report a black man. We had walked downtown, then to Pioneer Square, then got on the streetcar to come up to First Hill. Our first stop had been at a … Continue reading