Joyce Lionarons

Good morning!

My foot is much better today, if not quite 100%. I skipped my early-morning walk mostly because I didn't want to walk in the rain, and it's going to keep raining all day long.

So this will be another day of staying home and writing. I'd like to finish this draft before June 13 when school ends and my upstairs neighbor starts being home all day. That's probably not going to happen, but I'll try to get close to that anyway.

Have a good one, my friends.
#Today

May 28 at 11:28amWeb
Show threadSharonbw stands with Ukraine4d ago

@joyce

I’m glad your foot is better! No walk for me today either. It’s a very rainy and gloomy day.

Here’s to some productive writing today and in the days ahead!

Show threadChristina Anne Hawthorne4d ago
@joyce If I have the right gear, and IF the wind isn't blowing, I find walking in the rain both soothing and invigorating. I suppose I cherish it more because we don't get a lot of rain here. 😃 🌧️ ☂️
Show threadC. R. Collins4d ago

@CA_Hawthorne @joyce

Yeah, I envy people with rain. In moderation of course 😆

Show threadChristina Anne Hawthorne4d ago
@crcollins @joyce We get, maybe, a dozen days of rain from late March through June, so I cherish them. After that, it depends on whether we have a thunderstorm during the summer. Some years we have several, other years none at all. Annually, we get about 14-inches of moisture so it's pretty dry here.
Show threadJoyce Lionarons4d ago

@CA_Hawthorne @crcollins

I wish I'd moved somewhere (like back to Colorado) with less rain when I retired. But I didn't have the money then. Now I probably have enough money, but I just don't have the energy.

Show threadChristina Anne Hawthorne4d ago

@joyce @crcollins I love the rain—but my sinuses don't. Growing up in NY, I suffered a lot, especially in the autumn.

I almost moved to Colorado in 2014 because it was more politically suitable, but couldn't find anywhere I could afford at the time. So, I went north instead where it was more affordable, but increasingly less so.

My introduction to the west, in 1971 when I was pretty young, was the Colorado Rockies. I fell in love.

Show threadJoyce Lionarons4d ago

@CA_Hawthorne @crcollins

I grew up in Colorado and came east for my job. And yes, Colorado has become very expensive, probably too expensive for me as well. I miss the west, but I think I need to stay where I am.

Show threadC. R. Collins4d ago

@CA_Hawthorne

We moved to the SoCal desert to be near my mom when she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. It wasn't anywhere I expected to live though I attended U of A in Tucson as an undergrad & loved the desert there. Now that she's gone, we could go elsewhere I suppose, but the place has grown on us. And there's that moving thing ...ugh, I prefer to pass.

@joyce

Show threadC. R. Collins4d ago

@joyce

Moving is grueling. I've done it too much in my life. My kids are moving from Austin to SLC this summer, and I get exhausted just thinking about all the stuff they have to manage. 😵

@CA_Hawthorne

Show threadChristina Anne Hawthorne4d ago
@crcollins @joyce Oh yes. I’m staying where I am, if humanly possible. It’s the best place for my health and still more affordable than much of the country.
Show threadTats 🇬🇧🫖3d ago
@joyce i misunderstood this completely and was wondering why skipping was better than just walking ....