Where have I been this week? The outlet mall at National Harbor to buy a pair of slip on walking shoes. The grocery store and Trader Joe's. The Farmers Market. The treadmill, both the indoor and outdoor pools. The Grill for first Friday with our LGBTQ+ neighbors. The library, the swamp for a nice walk, the supermarket, the pool.
Where am I going? Indiana to visit my sister and my nephews. A solo trip.
Who have a talked to this week? Mathew, Ana, Susan, Raf, Marcell, David, Erik, my Sweet Bear,
What have I been up to in the kitchen? Gazpacho, potato salad, coleslaw, cheeseburgers, hot-dogs, roast beef, roast potatoes, sauteed mushrooms, salads,
What did I finish reading? Human-ish, a book about anthropomorphism. It was very good. An interesting fact, more people in the USA die in hurricanes with female names, than hurricanes with male names. Why? Because they assume a storm with a female name can't be that bad and don't prepare or evacuate in the same way they do for a storm with a male name. Gender stereotypes carry over to storms.
What am I working on? An article for a conference in October I am speaking at on the issues of health care decision making.
What is on the easel? An 11 by 14 inch blank. I should do something with that.
You went for a walk in the swamp? Didn't King Donald promise that he was going to drain the swamp? Mind you - he also said that he was going to build a southern wall and that Mexico would pay for it. Neither of those things happened.
ReplyDeleteDyke Marsh National Wildlife Refuge, known locally as the Swamp.
DeleteOnce you go slip on, you'll never go back.
ReplyDeleteIndiana? Should you be afraid?
I think hurricanes or cyclones...whatever, are alternately given male and female names, here at least. That is very interesting about female named hurricanes. Perhaps they should all be named Boris with a different number attached for each.
The shoes are replacements for some I had worn down. The USA switched to alternating male and female names on storms about 20 years ago. Before that they were all female names.
DeleteThat’s a fascinating stat about the gender stereotyping of hurricanes.
ReplyDeleteThe book had a bunch of fun facts.
DeleteAfter surviving the one-two punch of Hurricanes Katrina and Wilma I never underestimated a storm by any gender!
ReplyDeleteHurricanes are one of the reasons, I moved back north 31 years ago.
DeleteI got a chuckle about the female hurricane names and people not preparing appropriately for the storm. A hurricane is a hurricane. I guess that old saying, "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned" is passé.
ReplyDeleteGazpacho...I need to make some. Sounds delish. That info about the hurricane names was interesting. Safe travels.
ReplyDeleteI've been able to walk more this week as the temps have cooled a little bit.
ReplyDeleteHave a good trip!