{"id":26882,"date":"2020-08-11T11:17:01","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T18:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=26882"},"modified":"2020-08-11T13:21:32","modified_gmt":"2020-08-11T20:21:32","slug":"tuesday-is-a-trousers-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=26882","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday Is a Trousers Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Been wondering when I’ll put on a pair again. Trousers, I mean. It’s been athletic shorts and a favorite pair of swim trunks for months now. I do a little better with shirts, but only because I prefer open collars over the tight ones of t-shirts. And socks? What the hell for, if I’m not going anywhere?<\/p>\n

Donna longs for the days when we’d sit at the table for dinner. For years now we’ve been eating on trays while watching TV in the family room. We’d still set the dining room table for company, but those days are gone and it’s unclear if they’re coming back. We have a small bubble of trusted friends … actually pretty much just one trusted friend … with whom we swap unmasked visits (no hugs or kisses, though, which we miss), and when it’s our turn to cook she gets her own tray and watches old episodes of Justified with us while we eat. At least now I have a better understanding of Donna’s nostalgia for dinners at the table, because I’m starting to long for the days when I wore pants.<\/p>\n

Today, though, is a trousers day, if only for a quick run to the library to pick up a book I put on hold last month. Our libraries are open for curbside pickup only \u2014 you call from your car when you get there and they bring the book out to you \u2014 so unless they peer in through my car’s window they won’t know if I’m dressed or not. I’ll know and that’s enough.<\/p>\n

Mister B barked at us a couple of nights ago. He’d dug a ball out of the toy pile and wanted one of us to throw it for him. Before he got valley fever, he’d bark every evening after dinner to announce throw-and-fetch time, but it had been so long we didn’t know at first what he was trying to tell us. He’s definitely on the mend, and we couldn’t be happier.<\/p>\n

A bit of administrivia: the Paul’s Thing header image is no longer visible on my desktop monitor, but is still there when I look at the blog on a mobile device. I’m curious. If any of you read this blog on a desktop PC or iMac and can no longer see the graphic on the home page, please let me know. If it’s a problem for you as well, then something’s broken and I need to fix it. Here’s what I see:<\/p>\n

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Speaking of fixing things, how do you fix this?<\/span><\/p>\n

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