...a year of record-low unemployment, and job opportunities for ex-prisoners and black and other minority workers...until it wasn't. A year of thriving small businesses, after-work drinks at our favorite Chinese restaurant, and ample overtime work due to a full order book at my aerospace job...until it wasn't. Quite quickly, 2020 turned into the Annus Horribilis. …
Continue reading When I was 71, it was a Very Bad Year. The Year of “Closed” and “Canceled”
Better known around here as the Washington State Ferry System, which connects the Puget Sound mainland cities of Seattle, Edmonds, Tacoma, and Mukilteo with the numerous islands in the Sound, and the Kitsap Peninsula, and even Canada. Thousands of island residents commute via ferry daily, either walking on or driving their cars. And every year …
The historic Seven Gables Theater in Seattle was destroyed in a three-alarm fire on Christmas Eve. It took over 100 firefighters to finally put down the flames that gutted the 95-year-old indie movie theater that was a landmark in Seattle's University District. The building had been vacant since 2017, when the owners finally gave up …
Around our house, even the "owner", Kikyo the black cat, gets her own Christmas treats. She has a box where we store her toys, so if she wants to play with one, she has to work to get it out of the box. It's pretty simple, just a flat square with holes in the top …
Merry Christmas to all my followers and readers, here on RushBabe49.com. I like to have music playing on Christmas, and here are a few of my favorites. I hope you have a blessed, and relaxing day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMYLb6O2QQ8 I have been to Cambridge, and attended a concert in the King's College Chapel. The Christmas Eve Festival …
For Christmas Eve, a sampling of December photos from my library. A Merry Christmas to all! This year, in my own neighborhood. Found at a local market last week. Seen near Silver Lake, about a mile from our house. Seen at our local Asian market. It's a wonder that these exotic fruits are grown right …
Rich Americans Scramble to Move Money ahead of possible Biden Tax Hikes I listened to Joe Biden when he said he will impose much higher taxes on the wealthy if he becomes president. Even though the very wealthy are primarily the Biden supporters and donors, they are also his biggest targets (talk about voting against …
Welcome to Christmas time at Hogwarts Castle. Harry Potter's first Christmas at Hogwarts was perhaps his first, real Christmas of his life. He had been mistreated by his only living relatives most of the time, and had no idea of what Christmas was all about. [Editorial comment: There is no mention of anything really religious …
This story in The Epoch Times shows how Communist China monitors online meetings held in The US, between participants in the United States. The Chinese Communist Party has put Zoom on a short leash, and has kept track of meetings here in the US, making sure that participants do not discuss issues that might be …
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It's December, isn't it? Normally, December is filled with parties, and lights, and presents, and snow, and song, and bells, and family celebration. This year, most of those things have been canceled. Due to government pandemic rules, Christmas concerts are not held. Normally, each year on the day after Christmas, I grab my violin and …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #128: Holidays (slightly re-imagined)
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