I stayed up late last night watching the election coverage, so I’m slow moving this morning. At the time I went to bed, around midnight on the U.S. East Coast, Joe Biden had taken the lead in the electoral college but hopes for an early landslide victory had evaporated. I reach over to my phone with dread; would I awaken to the nightmare of an indisputable DJT re-election? I’m...

Election Day has finally arrived! I received this text from the SF Department of Elections at around 3:30am Dublin time: This is a message from San Francisco Department of Elections. Your ballot for the 2020 General Election was received and will be counted. Thank you for voting!  It’s been a low-energy day. The election is preoccupying my mind, like it is most...

I’m feeling lazy in the morning and resist getting out of bed, but another buzz on the intercom gets up in a rush. It’s a parcel delivery containing another sheet set that I wasn’t expecting until later in the week. Then the usual morning routine gets underway — coffee, breakfast, reading the news. I boil more deionized water for my CPAP. Despite the blue skies out the window...