unbelievable!

 

OK - this is a little blurry and grainy, because it was taken in dim twilight  - but I had to capture the unbelievable - Grammy and Moth taking it in turns to lick each other, lovingly.  Miracles do, indeed, happen.

They looked even sweeter turned into romantic sepia.

LA alleyway

Seen from stopped traffic - on Rampart - on my way home.  Nothing special about this - other than it felt, for a moment, as though I could be looking at almost any European city.  

 

the unmissable ironies of USC

It is the USC Careers Fair! There are cardinal and gold balloons all over the place.  And the banners on the lamp posts proudly proclaim that it's Latinx/e Heritage Month!  And look - where are the Latinx/e people in this image?  Why, serving coffee from shiny shiny urns.

In other institutional news, we learned today that the beleaguered library staff had a requisition order for pencils turned back, because "what do you need pencils for if you have a computer?"  I can't quite draw the connecting line between the two, but it all comes under the general heading of "you can't make this stuff up."

 

Nurse Gramsci

Really, given The World, I know I have very little to complain about.  On the other hand, the Covid booster truly did do its customary job of flattening me until about 3 p.m. this afternoon - and even after that I've been functioning on shockingly low energy.  It's some comfort to read that yes, research does show that people with a very strong reaction to booster shots have something between 1.4 and 1.6 stronger immunity than those who don't, but still.  On the other hand, this - and the flu jab - should last me through the winter without my having to free up another not-truly-expendable day.

Gramsci was a great comfort.