Let me count the ways – They are charging me a penalty of $47.00 a month because way back in 2006 I was healthy and did not need prescription drug coverage/insurance. Penalizing me for being healthy? What a dumb-ass theory. Now, they have the “wellness Catalogue”- $40.00 worth of freeContinue Reading
The University of Maryland has COVID-19 Impact Analysis Platform page at https://data.covid.umd.edu For the period between April 1 – 24The stats show the Chatham County Social index is 4325% of Chatham County residents are staying at homeTRips per person – 2.7% out-of-county trips – 39%Miles traveled per person – 27.3New COVID-19Continue Reading
On March 26th I wrote a Chatlist piece telling how i found civilized Sweet Peas growing in the ditch of hyway 64 and trying to figure out how they got there. I don’t remember throwing them there and there are so many of them, I don’t think I would haveContinue Reading
#12My son recently pulled $10,ooo from the stock market. Over the past 6 months he had earned $1,500. The money he invested came from his savings. God knows, the saving impulse didn’t come from me or I’d send our whole (yours and mine) $1200 check to CORA right now. StillContinue Reading
I sometimes don’t like what Booko writes. This is the most beloved part of his writing. I don’t hear an appeal to the marketplace. He comes as a citizen, an ordinary man who loves to share his view of plants and lightening. In the time of coronavirus we need authenticContinue Reading
Lately I’ve been colorizing old black and white photos of our area and putting them on my website. I find it fascinating how the addition of color gives new life to these images, some of which will be familiar to my fellow history buffs. The Chatham County images I’ve colorizedContinue Reading
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 16:43:34 -0400From: “John Dykers M.D.” Subject: Thank you N A Booko for reminding me so I could call Nancy to buy 2 new hummingbird feeders while she is still in town. Mine were lost in the fire. 1 cup of sugar to 4 cups ofContinue Reading
My sister recently sent an envelope full of photos our mother had kept. Mom was better than I at photographing Janet and mine’s married life and relationship over the 11 years we were together. Of course, many of you are aware that relationships in the long term literally navigate mineContinue Reading
Unusual suggestion for reusing paper towels. Is the purpose to save money as they are expensive, or to recycle, reuse, to save the environment. Â paper towels can cost over $1.00 a roll and you can feasible use a roll in 2-3 days.. depending on your habit, you can spendContinue Reading
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In Chatlist 6704, NA Boko writes: “I remember all to clearly the first time I wore a mask and latex gloves to town. Well over a month ago, I went to Food Lion in Pittsboro. I was the only one in several dozen people in the store wearing gloves andContinue Reading
All workers at the Laurels of Chatham (LoC) have been trained to treat each resident/patient as if they carry a blood-borne illness. Care givers are trained to wash hands, wear gloves, clean surfaces and touch points. A doctor is available 23 hours per day. (Actually, 24 hours per day butContinue Reading
Desiderata GO PLACIDLY amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant; they tooContinue Reading
As I sat in the garden today, taking a rest from planting the too many plants I “just had to have”, I was writing an email to S.D.- discussing if having ‘tea’ together would be a reality sometime in the next few months, there was a very distinct ‘fluttering’ nearContinue Reading
Pittsboro reopened their parks on Friday, but have kept their playgrounds closed. My question is: Should Pittsboro playgrounds and other playgrounds in Chatham County be reopened? I bring this question up as the start of a community discussion on the subject matter. Please don’t simply send in an email into the ChatlistContinue Reading