I'm still here. In case you were wondering. I never left. I know a lot of people did - but I don't bother to really check most times who is still logging in, who is not. I am though - still here. Almost every day. Maybe I skip a few days in a row at times. I come to check messages. I come to see who is posting. I rarely recognize the usernames among recent posts but - sometimes I do. Is it comforting? I don't even know.
I should change my profile picture, I think, every time I see it. It's so…
Oh, synchronicity! Oh, serendipity!
So, yesterday, a Portuguese culture event started at work. Just for fun, last week I browsed Goodwill auctions for Portuguese items, and found (and won) a copy of Elizabeth Barret Browning's Sonnets from the Portuguese. It arrived yesterday, also. Thought I'd check for nodes on it since it is in the…
We went to New York City in August of 2001, visited friends, saw plays, and did tourist things. Poked our heads into the lobby of the Chelsea. We debated going up the World Trade Center, but opted for the Empire State. It had more history, real and imaginary, and, yeah, we actually said something like, "it's not like the WTC isn't going to be there next time."
Yeah.
My wife spent most of that September 11 trying to get in…