dispatched from the chicago bureau desk, le 9 février 2025
feature photo (writing after the fold):
« when they ask “just who do you think you are?” i tell them – “if you knew what it was a job to be me, you’d know i don’t have the time to be anyone else !” »
weekly observations department:
this past week is replete with memories – 5 years ago, my wonderful nana passed away, and 1 year ago, I underwent my partial nephrectomy to remove the tumor on my kidney. all in all, i feel blessed to be here, and thankful to still be ned at my last scan. i now only need to report in once per year, and although they want to do some additional poking next time around (unrelated to the cancer – they’ve identified several interesting genetic markers which warrant further analysis, although they do not spell illness out of the gate), i am in better health than i have been in many years. i would also like to take this post to thank all of those who have been there with me this year – without you, i could not do it, and i would not have a reason to !
the unrelated thoughts department – wagons in america
it’s a proper shame that i cannot find a decent stationwagon in america. vw doesn’t make the jetta wagon anymore, no real options from the domestic carmakers, subarus are getting taller and suv-like, and the audi options are all quite a bit more expensive than i’d be comfortable spending. i have a few more years before it matters, i just hit 91k on my jetta, and i’d like to get 200k out of her, if i’m lucky.
coups de cœur de la semaine derniére :
performance : Gemme, Nolwenn Leroy, live on The Voice France 2017
une performance comme un arc-en-ciel (éternelle, immortelle…)
chanson : I’m Breakable, Lara Fabian
from this height, I’m petrified … but i’m alive !
article : Trêve à gaza : l’état de santé des otages libérés (CNews)
bring them home !
éditorial : South Shore girl who died playing with a gun didn’t have to lose her life (Chicago Sun-Times)
« but any adult who took the deadly weapon out of its secure storage space, allowing Priscilla access, must be held accountable »
meme :
à demain, chéries !