2021 Life Logs, Day 349: Day Off
Date: Wednesday, December 15, 2021
Weather: Mix of Sun and Clouds; High Temp 47, Low Temp 45 degrees F
Location: At Home in The Cottage, East Falmouth, MA
I took the day off today and read. I started by reading emails from the past week that were not urgent but that I wanted to get back to. Every morning I read the NYT’s The Morning, but I often don’t have time to follow many of the links to other articles. The Monday, The Morning focus was the anti-democratic movement in the United States. I reread that and then downloaded an article from The Atlantic by Barton Gellman that was referenced. I first heard about that article last week on The Rachel Maddow Show when she interviewed Gellman. He was also interviewed by Terry Gross on National Public Radio. I highly recommend that you either try to find a way to read the The Atlantic article, “Trump’s Next Coup Has Already Begun” dated December 6 or listen to the interview on NPR’s Fresh Air aired last Thursday, December 9. That program is entitled, “The end of American Democracy as we know it?”
I took a long walk with Shadow and when I returned, I spent most of the rest of the day reading my current novel. I intended to just read while I ate lunch, but it turned into a true page turner, and I just could not put it down. In fact, I am going to head to bed and hope to finish it before I go to sleep tonight. That way, I can put my full attention to Christmas tomorrow. I need to inventory to make sure I have or have ordered everything and do some wrapping. I also have to go to Heather and Jed’s to see if there are any soccer cleats in the basement that might fit Coco. Jo sent a photo of her with her soccer team today.
The majority are boys, and Jo said Coco was unimpressed by her coach today for commending her for a girl who stuck with it all semester and for being a good player. In her mind, she thinks he should be looking at her as a soccer player, not a girl.
