Sunday, February 16, 2025
Things I am doing to remain sane:
1). Finished the second edition of my saloon book (reformatted, read twice for typos, new index).
2). Working on my next book, Food in Territorial Tucson. Finishing it, researching odds and ends.
3). Watching Dark Shadows. During Covid I purchased the complete box set. At the moment it is the Phoenix storyline.
4). Playing with my pets and Doug's new puppy.
5). Spending as much time as possible with my husband Matt, attempting to distract him from the awful things are happening.
^). Wishing every day that the Orange Monster and the South African Nazi would just drop dead.
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
We went to New Orleans in January so that I could present a poster at the SHA conference. I saw two people I knew there, including Ralph who I worked with in 2009-2010. I carried along 13 pounds of historical archaeological material, which I was able to get rid of.
Matt had gone days earlier than me to visit with his sister Lorie and her family, as well as friend Amy. Lorie, J. O., and Oliver had attended our wedding. It was nice to see them and meet Amy.
Outside of the conference we went to a history museum, walked through very expensive antique stores, and went to the horse races on Lorie's birthday. We also took the ferry across the river and went to the aquarium, I was very impressed by that. Fishes! Also penguins.
Doug got a puppy, a mix between a pug and a Chihuahua. His name is Rowan but I call him Doug Jr. He is very cute. Ruby is terrified of him, perhaps because he runs around like crazy.
January 20th happened and it has been a shit-show ever since. Watching White, Christian Nationalism envelope our government. So far it has not affected my job, but I know that environmental laws will be targeted next after they eliminate all protections for LGBT, Black, Native American, and other minorities. I have been pretty depressed. I have avoided all traditional news media, just read the headlines of what JoeMyGod posts. Facebook and Instagram are run by a homophobic piece of shit, so no fun to go on there.
To keep my sanity I have focused on my next book- Food in Territorial Tucson. Have managed to put together over 400 pages since November 18.
