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SilverLinden of Flourish
Sep. 16th, 2025 08:24 pmAnother beautiful day. I'm not appreciating it as much as I would like to, because some eddies of darkness within mix poorly with the mild sunshine without. It's like when you put cream that has gone sour into your coffee and there is a disappointing curdle. I have too many friends who are not in good health. The worst news of the day was learning that a friend's liver cancer is stage 4 and only 10% live as long as five years. Her friends are conferencing to think of something we could do, but really, there is not much. She has a son who will stay with her and take care of basic needs, which is a great relief to hear.
To go from the seriously awry to the merely irritating, we still don't have the car back. When they took the oil pan off, they discovered a coolant leak as well. Now they have to do paperwork on that before they can fix it. the Sparrowhawk had to call an Uber to go to the airport and rent a car. The car rental place waited until he got there to inform him that the car they were planning to give him hadn't come back yet, and all the other cars on the lot had cracked windshields. ??? Probably because of all the construction on the roads around here, which casts up pebbles and whatnot. They said there would be another car available in a few minutes . . . As the Sparrowhawk said, "few" usually means less than 45, but in this case, not. Anyway, we have a rental car now so there's no point in fussing about it.
While sitting in the back yard, I happened to glance up just in time to see a hawk silently slide across the sky. That was the day's redeeming moment. Now we're going to watch Biscuit Week on GBBO and enjoy watching someone else endure frustration, plus sugar.
To go from the seriously awry to the merely irritating, we still don't have the car back. When they took the oil pan off, they discovered a coolant leak as well. Now they have to do paperwork on that before they can fix it. the Sparrowhawk had to call an Uber to go to the airport and rent a car. The car rental place waited until he got there to inform him that the car they were planning to give him hadn't come back yet, and all the other cars on the lot had cracked windshields. ??? Probably because of all the construction on the roads around here, which casts up pebbles and whatnot. They said there would be another car available in a few minutes . . . As the Sparrowhawk said, "few" usually means less than 45, but in this case, not. Anyway, we have a rental car now so there's no point in fussing about it.
While sitting in the back yard, I happened to glance up just in time to see a hawk silently slide across the sky. That was the day's redeeming moment. Now we're going to watch Biscuit Week on GBBO and enjoy watching someone else endure frustration, plus sugar.
