In the time of COVID

It’s odd that in the time of COVID, a time when I hardly go anywhere and have tons of time on my hands where I used to have commitments, that I have fallen off the blogging wagon.

2021 was a rough year on many fronts. My job evaporated at the same time the house needed a new roof and, while I landed pretty quickly into my third tour of duty at Pfizer, working on COVID-related systems, and while we managed to keep Swamp Meadow Community Theater alive (thanks to fun and weird Zoom and Podcast projects), I never found the time to write. Maybe not going out also meant not having new experiences about which to write. But that’s not true, one doesn’t need to go into the world to find sources of inspiration. I think I just saw it as one-more-thing that I had to deal with.

Besides, last weekend we spent an amazing day with friends in Boston where I took this picture and I am only now writing about that.

Anyway, hello world. I’m still here. And I have read a lot of really interesting books lately, about which more, later. Or not. We’ll see how much time passes between this post and the next one…

In Seattle

I am currently in Seattle on business. I haven’t been here in 21 years. It is still a wonderful, beautiful city. I need to get back here more often. I’m spending my days watching testers work with a prototype of our application and listening to their comments and seeing what works and what doesn’t work for them. In the early mornings and evenings I am seeing friends, eating amazing food, and taking lots of pictures with my new iPhone 4 camera (much improved over my iPhone 3GS). I am collecting the pictures online in my Flickr account.