Post a sentinel at the border of what you attempt, what you ignore

[sovay]

Independent of the eye-stinging secondhand smoke, today has been hot garbage for me, both of my husbands, and the mother of my godchild, which is not how anyone should spend Alan Turing's yahrzeit. Have a ghost poem for him which I had not previously encountered: Linda Bierds, "Evolution." I am forty-one years old, not yet close enough to my birthday to have outlived him, unimaginably closer than when I was sixteen. When Christopher Morcom was my age, he had been dead for twenty-three years.

Comments

[aurumcalendula]

oh no! *hugs*

Thank you for linking to that poem (I hadn't run across it before either)

[selkie]

Someone found our banner in a park, taped it, and returned it to the building! I mean, it's got slashes in it, but we're known for several city blocks as That Place with the Huge Gay Banner!

[sovay]

Someone found our banner in a park, taped it, and returned it to the building! I mean, it's got slashes in it, but we're known for several city blocks as That Place with the Huge Gay Banner!

Hooray! It is a good designation!

*hugs*

[sovay]

Thank you for linking to that poem (I hadn't run across it before either)

You're welcome!

*hugs*

[gwynnega]

I am sorry about the crumminess for all concerned. I'm sure the smoky air does not help!

[sovay]

I am sorry about the crumminess for all concerned. I'm sure the smoky air does not help!

Thank you. The entire week just seems to be like this. Today started with a COVID scare!

[gwynnega]

Today started with a COVID scare!

Aww no!

[sovay]

Aww no!

We're good! It seems to have been an artifact of a stealthily expired test! But who needs this?

[gwynnega]

Whew. ::makes mental note to throw out expired Covid tests::

[sovay]

::makes mental note to throw out expired Covid tests::

It was past its sell-by date according to its packaging, but according to the government website its viability had been reappraised by four months, but in light of the day's fire drill the sell-by date seems to have been the accurate one, which I do not appreciate especially since it means we need to acquire new tests from somewhere now that the government is no longer providing them.

[selkie]

Cheapest around here are Flowflex at Costco for $6.40 per test; because they are at the pharmacy, you do not need a membership to go get them.

[sovay]

Cheapest around here are Flowflex at Costco for $6.40 per test; because they are at the pharmacy, you do not need a membership to go get them.

I have seen them in Star Market and will price-check the next time I'm in, thank you!

[theseatheseatheopensea]

I'm sorry for the hot garbage day--may tomorrow be better, or at least not as bad! And thank you for sharing that ghost poem (I don't know if poetry can fix anything, but it's comforting, and that definitely counts, right?)

[sovay]

I'm sorry for the hot garbage day--may tomorrow be better, or at least not as bad!

Today was not good, but it's true it was less bad, and thank you!

And thank you for sharing that ghost poem (I don't know if poetry can fix anything, but it's comforting, and that definitely counts, right?)

I think it must. You're welcome!

[ethelmay]

Our local library has a box of tests in the foyer - maybe there's something like that near you. Because so many were manufactured, a lot of folks are scrambling to give away tests before they expire. Asking around on Buy Nothing or something isn't a bad idea either.

[radiantfracture]

A beautifully woven poem -- thank you. But I am sorry about all the bad days at once under the smoke.

[sovay]

A beautifully woven poem -- thank you. But I am sorry about all the bad days at once under the smoke.

Thank you. At least it rained today.

(You would think more people would write poems about Alan Turing, but I don't run across them all that often.)

*hugs*

[sovay]

Our local library has a box of tests in the foyer - maybe there's something like that near you.

That's neat. I'll take a look.