May 5, 2026

 

So, I’m watching “800 Words” on Prime (Acorn) and really enjoying the series.   It’s about a recently widowed man and his two teenage children who move from Sydney, Australia to a little town in Weld, New Zealand. I suppose it would be like moving from Los Angeles to a small town in Northern California~the cultural shock would be about the same.   Oh, and he buys the wrong house!   He thought he was buying a house that he visited with his parents during summers when he was growing up, but instead is unloaded with a real fixer upper.   No power, one bathroom, no furniture…Then the septic tank explodes!   It’s a fun and introspective series and I’m inspired to get back to writing from just watching it.

 

He writes a daily, maybe bi-weekly column for a newspaper in Sydney, but his escapades hit the local newspaper and one show focuses on gossip and how it gets started and it gets out of hand.   That’s something for us ALL to think about in these times.

 

Speaking of these times, I watched the press conference at the Pentagon this morning, which is now carefully managed by the Department of Defense (or whatever it is called these days).   What a room full of sycophants.   Really, they call themselves journalists?   Although I did notice that even a couple of them got under Hegseth’s skin.

 

My husband worked as an intern during college for the Riverside Press Enterprise and was the first intern to actually get paid for his writing.   I kept ALL of his articles and I found them recently in a box out in the garage.   I need to bring that box inside and let him browse it.   I’m sure it would bring back fond memories for him.   He doesn’t seem to have many of those these days.

 

And, so, life goes on.   We are both getting older, stiffer, and we have less patience to put up with bullshit and nonsense. That’s understandable.   We just don’t have the time for that stuff.   We’re too busy taking naps!

 

Anything on your mind?

 

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