"The layoffs at the Department of Health and Human Services slashed the staffs of major federal aging, disability and anti-poverty programs, leaving the future of those programs uncertain.
At least 40% of staff got layoff notices and many were turned away at the front door Tuesday when they showed up for work at the Administration for Community Living, or ACL, which coordinates federal policy on aging and disability."
#Today 28
Good day!
I found it, the line between winter & spring.
For me, after so many days writing around other tasks, I have a day of peace for writing, though adversity has made me insanely productive.
My last hike was my longest in months, my legs eager to tackle more next week. Bring it on.
Be everwell.
#GiftArticle #influencers #aging #NDAs
'For nearly a decade, Mr. Johnson has wielded confidentiality agreements to control his image and the companies he built atop that image. His employees, sexual partners, vendors and contract workers have all had to sign the documents, sometimes in exchange for settlements, severance or continued employment at his firms, according to people close to him and his start-ups, internal documents and court records.'
#Today 21
Lake McDonald, Glacier Nat’l Park
Good day!
Oh fun, I massively overslept. Not surprising. I’ve been pushing myself.
I’ll be fast, efficient, but WON'T panic.
I’ll race to the grocery store this morning, then walk, then edit a chapter. I used Vellum to create the needed files for publishing to Kobo.
Be everwell.
Old friends coming over. We know each other since school, decades ago. We last met 7 years ago.
At my stage in life, this means wrinkles and all sorts of rather visible changes to our bodies. Not incapacity, necessarily, but an annoying dominance of wear and tear, all over.
Old friends meet, each absorbs the shock of seeing what is happening to the other, each recognises that their friend has the same experience.
Also: the joy of complete trust when meeting those old friends. Laughing together about subtle references to events 50 years back. The affirmation of having done a few things right in our lives. The easy recognition of past mistakes. All is good now. We have left those grudges and embarrassments behind us.
My braised ox cheek, slow-cooked in the chicken stock that I had made especially for the occasion in the week before: a success. Enjoying simple things together, based on a half century of shared experiences, good and bad.
#Today 16
Good day!
My apologies, everyone. I forgot to add a picture yesterday. In a strange turn, I forgot because I was so focused on editing.
Given current events, my deep concentration this month is almost baffling me.
Maybe it’s a case of, what doesn’t kill me immediately makes me stronger?
Be everwell.
I'm not bad at Yiddish, I'm just old.
(I didn't immediately recognize the correct answer)
Mom is now blaming some other unknown people for not wearing a mask and saying that they probably infected her. No, the irony is not lost on me that she has probably infected many other people.
Mom is somewhere in her 70s. I've noticed that she appears to be developing a decline in making inferences and logical associations. I think this is part of cognitive decline(?).
My sister, who was a pro-ivermectin person, is asking me to get a laundry list of things to cure her.
The person - the man - who spends the most on anti-aging in the world, whose physiology is the most measured in the world?
Lost 15% of lung capacity to "mild" acute COVID-19.
https://www.donotpanic.news/p/the-billionaire-who-wants-to-live
To be clear, 15% is not "you take an extra 6th breath for every 5." It is worse in ways that you can investigate for yourself. It is Not Good.
#WritersCoffeeClub Mar 9: Does caffeine intake influence your writing?
It used to. I used to write with pop, but I find it makes me jittery now. #aging
#aging #OlderAdults #healthcare #LongTermCare
' A new website aims to help people find the right skilled nursing facility for a loved one.
The site, called CareWatch, creates assessments based on ratings from the Center of Medicare and Medicaid services, including health inspection ratings, staff ratings, externally validated health outcomes and ethical reimbursement practices.'
In a nation experiencing inexorable economic decline, relentlessly increasing inequality, incompetent governance, and a swelling elderly population - perhaps an answer is aging-in-place via redevelopment? #Strongtowns #Aging #Housing #HousingCrisis
https://upzoned.strongtowns.org/e/how-to-handle-the-looming-shortage-of-senior-housing/
#Today 25
Good day!
The snow is melting fast in the valley since we’re far warmer than normal for this time of year.
Abnormal is normal, I guess.
I’ve been completing ignored tasks. Today it’s about dreaded taxes. Mine are easy, but doing them online stresses me out.
Be everwell.
#Today 22.1
Good day!
I’m afraid, everyone, that Evie has pondered the universe and found it lacking. Cats have high standards.
It’s a fact. You can drop a cat and it will always land on its feet—but it’ll never feel safe in your arms.
Always treat others with kindness and respect instead.
Be everwell.
#Today 10.1
Good day!
Back from walking. 10F (-12.2C). 10mph (16kph) wind.
I was toasty warm & had to open my clothing a bit. Once home, I peeled off clothes as fast as possible.
Tomorrow will be a real challenge.
I do this partly so my lungs don’t contract over the winter.
Be everwell.
#Today 08
Good day!
Had to run an errand yesterday. Almost got stuck. They closed the interstate briefly.
It’s 
F (C).
It’s time to retake control of my focus & act with purpose. Too much flittering.
So: editing, salsa, figure-out carrying my snowshoes on my pack.
Be everwell.
#Today 07
Good day!
I seriously believe we’ve had more snow this month than in the last 10 years combined.
They’ve given up trying to forecast it.
It’s snowing.
And turning colder.
A walk, some chores, find my focus, & then try, yet again, to put in a good day of editing.
Be everwell.
#Today 30
Morrell Lake, Mission Mountains
Good day!
Yesterday’s chapter was difficult: A grieving man reunites with the father of the woman they both loved. It drained me. Today’s is a different challenge.
Our above-freezing highs are winding down. Snow soon? Maybe?
Be everwell.
If you are driving and see an old 
cranky woman walking assisted by a cane be warned, after the last close call by an idiot in a big hurry to go nowhere she has declared a war on cars.
If you are in too damned much of a hurry that you find it is impossible to wait 30 seconds for me to clear a sidewalk or driveway, the metal ice claw on the tip of my cane *will* cause damage to your precious vehicle! My feet may be slow but my hands are quick!
Stepping on the gas and missing me by less than a foot is freaking ignorant and dangerous!
