I had a tech nightmare Tuesday afternoon. I came close to panicking, fearing the loss of so much of my work or my inability to work for days. I rushed to Albany to the Apple Store, which sent me home without fixing my problem. It wasn’t an Apple problem; it was a software problem, and all is well. I’m back online and calming down.

I was frightened out of proportion to what was happening. It’s been an intense, complete, and pretty incredible few days. Among other things, I thought I had lost my wedding present from Maria, a silver money clip with a Mary Oliver poem inscribed.

I have carried it with me every day of my married life.

I don’t have words to describe how upset I was at losing this beautiful thing, a solid connection to Maria.

Maria went through the garbage this morning and found it. I was in a pharmacy bag.

This made it a pleasant day for all my tech grief. I’ve been on the Internet for over half a century, but it has only sporadically been easy.

My Dyslexia has had more trouble with technology than spelling by far.

But it ended well. I learned much and am happy to be sound, working, and grounded again.

I don’t know why it got to me as badly as it did; I’ll have to consider it. Tomorrow, I have my Zoom gathering with blog readers, which I love.

I will finally pick up my new sunglasses and head back to Saratoga for the dermatology session that was postponed due to the Eclipse. I look forward to seeing you in the morning. I’ve had it. I like these photos; I’m branching out. I have some new white roses that I love, and I am messing around with Succulent pictures, which I also love.

That’s enough: no names and spelling, just flowers. And no panic.

I love the purple

 

Windowsill gallery

 

Spider succulent