Bfth's Boring Blog

 ...or at least it's trying to.  We've had a couple of warmish days (coupled with a couple of cold ones.)  I've actually had the windows open a bit on more than one occasion.  (I really can't wait until I can open them and leave them open.)  We're moving in the right direction and that gives me some hope. New life is slowly popping up around here.  Things are slowing going from brown to green.  A few flowers have actually opened a little.  The crocus was first and the daffodils are following suit.  (How I LOVE daffodils...if they were to take over the yard I'd be happy.)  The tulips are still trying.  (I've got my fingers crossed.) The birds are singing again.  I finally saw a robin here.  I've seen other kinds of birds that I can't identify. (I should really get an app.)  Hearing them when I wake up, it's sweet.  It's relaxing.  I even find the crow of the rooster (or maybe that should be roosters) char...

 A story was relayed to me some years ago by a woman who lived in Newark, NJ and went to a political event (maybe it was rally?), where a young man, who did not live in Newark, was speaking.  He was running for mayor and according to this woman, was somewhat heckled or talked over.  She, being the woman that she was, told them to settle down and let the man speak.  She wasn't for or against this man, she just wanted to hear what he had to say.   The other day, that man, who did become mayor of Newark, and who has since become a Senator for the state, spoke on the senate floor for an amazing 25 hours and 5 minutes.  There were no bathroom breaks (which amazes me), he never sat down (he would not have been allowed) and there were no real pause in his speech (fellow senators were allowed to ask questions [although they seemed more like comments] which could take several minutes, which gave the senator a bit of a break, as did a brief break for t...

 Sometimes thoughts just pop into my head and then ramble around for a while.  They are not necessarily tied to one another and wouldn't make for a cohesive post, but then again who said anything I ever wrote was cohesive? I woke with anxiety this morning.  No surprise there, anxiety resides within me all too often, even as I try to push it away.  Yesterday was wonderfully warm and partially sunny.  My husband and I took advantage of the warmth to take down the broken and battered portable greenhouse.  (This is what it looked like back in 2022...before we moved in.) I believe it had stood for at least 3 years and weathered the winter.  This winter with the wind, ice and snow it collapsed.  It broke my heart, but...now perhaps the landscaper can come up with suggestions as to what should go in the space.  (Or maybe you do.)  In addition to dismantling, I enjoyed the warm weather by sitting outside and reading (one of my favorite ...

  Commuting from the Poconos to my NJ home (and then onto the office in Newark) has proved to be more complicated that I imagined.  Last week's trek was one for the books ( https://bfthsboringblog.blogspot.com/2025/03/a-three-hour-tour.html ).  It was not an experience I'd like to repeat. With a section of route 80 out of commission the drive has been "challenging" to say the least (Although I am hopeful:   https://newjersey.news12.com/gov-murphy-provides-timeline-on-possible-reopening-of-i-80-in-morris-county   Please don't be toying with me Governor Murphy!)  Not wishing to repeat last Wednesday's horror, when my husband and I had to return to NJ over the weekend, I made sure to leave relatively early on Saturday morning (before 9).  On Sunday we dropped our son off at college (spring break went by quicker that I could imagine) and GSP routed us a strange way, but we got back to our home in just over 2 hours.  All things considered it ...

(If you are of a certain age you'll know what that is in reference to...if not...you know what to do) Wednesday, March 19th should have been just like any other Wednesday.  Go to the office, come home, and head to the Poconos.  It SHOULD have been.  It was not. I did go to the office as usual.  There were problems to face and try to solve.  It was seemingly a typical day.  However, I had an end of the day call/meeting from 4:30 to 5:00.  Since it was so late in the day, I asked my manager if I could leave the office early and do the call from home.  She had no problem with that as she was going to be on the call and doing it from the train.  (There was no way I could do a call from the bus.) I left the office at 2:15 and was able to walk in the front door before 3:15 (I finally hit the sweet spot; if I had gotten a bus just a few minutes later, it would have been full of students just let out from school.)  Once inside, I pulled ou...

  The following is a mediation I gave at my church this March. First Reading:  Matthew 25: 31- 45 31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left. 34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’ 37 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 3...