Still Gonna Die...
Probably 30 or more years ago, when I still lived in Deland, Florida, I was a regular at the Wednesday farmers’ market at the Volusia County fairgrounds....
But also....
[I started this ButtonDown a week ago, so it’s a bit off, time-wise.] My friend Buffy, who in responding to the last ButtonDown, reminded me I had visited...
Lewy, Lewy! Oh baby! We gotta go!
(In my last ButtonDown - around Thanksgiving time, I said “I’ll tell you tomorrow” if putting that whatever-it-was-that-wasn’t-a-candy-roaster into the...
A Non-Martha Stewart Thanksgiving...
…but I doubt she’ll enjoy hers as much as I’ll enjoy mine, considering. (I think I have the best friends to share it with.) I’ve never seen her show, but...
Unreliable narrator of my autobiography...
Apparently it slipped what’s left of my mind that I had a great Christmas last year with my neighbors! We cooked and ate and watched movies. I recall none of...
Lips on the bottle, hand on the phone...
Before you all start thinking, “Oh my God, she’s getting drunk and going to call old boyfriends” - something I’ve never done - that’s just a lyric from a...
No end to crazy - yet
The owner of a big, absolutely sweet puppy I’ve been boarding for a few days just picked him up. The experience reminded me that my specialty is older dogs;...
And on the sixth week...
Nobody rested. One week ago, I got a wild hair and decided to drive north up US Hwy 19W to see what Helene had done along the Cane River where I lived for 12...
Normal-ish
Hurricane Helene messed with a lot of heads here; kind of a group/communal PTSD. I’m not the only one who feels that way; at least two friends (who I don’t...
Slaughterhouse Five: Burnsville Edition
It’s been a while since I wrote a Buttondown. Or perhaps it hasn’t. It seems like it was just yesterday when hurricane Helene visited. As far from the Gulf...
Water!
It’s actually the 15th now. My computer died during the storm, and I got a new one just today. I have spent one hour setting it up…with a right index finger...
October 13th
The weirdest thing about this hurricane recovery period thing is not that I have to heat water to do dishes (I’m switching to paper plates for the time...
October 10th, later...
As promised, I fixed breakfast this morning for my neighbor Christian and his brother-in-law from Florida. Christian is a good cook, but had said yesterday...
October 10th. Pretty sure...
Part of this may have been Buttondowned to you a day or so ago, so pardon me if I’m repeating. I am down to five dogs. The two extras are one who belongs to...
October 9th, I think
Yesterday, a rescue worker up from Durham found 2 dogs loose on the highway, picked them up, and took them to the fire department, where rescuers go to get...
Well, well, well…
My computer came alive this evening and I started a buttondown on it, but got called away and when I returned, the computer was dead again. So….now that I am...
Sunday 6 October 2024
We are still reeling from Helene’s devastation here. But I was lucky; my power was out for only one day. My wifi access is random. Still no running water,...
Monetary relief donations
Make check out to and mail to Burnsville Fire Department POB 461, Burnsville NC 28714. If you live in WNC, I know you need help as well. The National Guard...
What is happening in western NC
Hi all. Thank you all who have tried to reach out to me. What has happened here is unprecedented. Not just here in Burnsville or Yancey County, but in all...
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What Jim wanted me to send - without adding my opinion.