Category Archives: Andrew

ES COVID-19 update.

Posted on December 18, 2020 by kmkat

“Covid day 5. I think I turned the corner yesterday. I’m not as tired, and my nose is less stuffy. Now I feel like I’m getting over a cold. I didn’t need to take a nap today.” (No updates for … Continue reading →

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Elder Son’s COVID progress.

Posted on December 13, 2020 by kmkat

He posts a daily update on Facebook and is doing well so far. Thank you all for your good wishes! ::big sigh of relief:: 12/8/20: I’ve got COVID-19. I got a 100.4-degree fever and had to leave work early, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Andrew, Coronavirus | 9 Comments

It’s been 36 years (and one day)…

Posted on December 3, 2020 by kmkat

…since he was born. Happy birthday, Andrew (ES)! The early years: High school: College in New York City; he went back a week early for the fall 2004 semester so he could protest at the Republican National Convention. That’s him … Continue reading →

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Unraveled Wednesday, 6/3/2020.

Posted on June 3, 2020 by kmkat

Joining Kat and friends for Unraveled Wednesday. Knitting. This is a scarf I finished last week, still not blocked. Both yarns are Blue Moon Fiber Arts; the variegated sparkly one is the second half of the skein I used in … Continue reading →

Posted in Andrew, Books, Coronavirus, Minneapolis, Reading, Unraveled Wednesdays, Zuni | 7 Comments

Sunday.

Posted on May 3, 2020 by kmkat

I have been buying my bras from Decent Exposures for years. Their bras are the most comfortable ever created. And they put their business on hold to make masks. We spoke with Elder Son last week. Their hospital has not … Continue reading →

Posted in Andrew, Coronavirus, Zuni | 7 Comments

The blathering resumes.

Posted on April 24, 2020 by kmkat

Really, this is more of a data dump than blather. Thoughts have been accumulating and need an outlet. This pandemic has meant that a lot of us have become familiar with some medical terms we had perhaps never heard before. … Continue reading →

Posted in Andrew, Coronavirus, YouTube, Zuni | 7 Comments

E-mail from Elder Son.

Posted on March 9, 2020 by kmkat

https://www.reddit.com/r/medicine/comments/ff8hns/testimony_of_a_surgeon_working_in_bergamo_in_the/ Testimony of a surgeon working in Bergamo, in the heart of Italy’s coronavirus outbreak «In one of the non-stop e-mails that I receive from my hospital administration on a more than daily basis, there was a paragraph on “how … Continue reading →

Posted in Andrew, Coronavirus | 10 Comments

The news in brief.

Posted on March 1, 2020 by kmkat

There are three what appear to be yearling trumpeter swans cruising the open water on our lake. I don’t remember ever seeing trumpeters before. Also one Canada goose. Have seen way too many of those over the years. Far too … Continue reading →

Posted in Andrew, Matthew, Miscellaneous | 7 Comments

Sampling the Icelandic rotten shark: a story in photos.

Posted on August 11, 2019 by kmkat

Hákarl

Posted in Andrew, Food and Drink, Iceland, Photography | 7 Comments

Phone calls from Iceland, part 2.

Posted on August 6, 2019 by kmkat

Elder Son introduced tonight’s call by asking if the tale he was about to tell might remind us of stories told by someone we know. He then proceeded to tell of their journey from the southern coast into the highlands … Continue reading →

Posted in Amanda, Andrew, Iceland, Travel | 5 Comments