Fall\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waxing Blood Moon<\/p>\n
Garlic planting today.\u00a0 Turnip harvest.\u00a0 Gazpacho making.\u00a0 Garden work appropriate to the season.<\/p>\n
Have had a little trouble getting to it.\u00a0 Just finished a call from Allianz Insurance on my application for long-term care insurance.\u00a0\u00a0 A pleasant young woman took down my information.\u00a0 She said, “Ohhh”\u00a0 every once in a while, the sort of sound made when empathizing with a small child or a fragile senior.\u00a0 Empathy is a funny thing, done well as this young woman did\u00a0 it soothes and calms.\u00a0 Done poorly it can raise my hackles because it trespasses into the realm of independence, mine, and may cross the tense border between empathy and sympathy.<\/p>\n
This time, unlike with the John Hancock interview, there were no rows of numbers to remember, no questions about the day, month, year, season.\u00a0 This experience was superior to the John Hancock nurse, who seemed a bit distracted and hard bitten.<\/p>\n
Later on sheepshead.<\/p>\n
Now, to the outside.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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