Coping Mechanism

A blog about everything by Jack Baty

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Black and white film photo of sand ripples under water
Ripples, Grand Haven, MI (2023). Leica MP / Summilux-M 35mm

My mom and dad are home from Florida. They seemed glad to be home. My uncle (82) has been suffering from dementia and is nearly immobile. It took him nearly 5 minutes to get into the passenger seat of my car, after which he leaned over, tapped me on the leg, and said, "Stay healthy". It makes me want to beef up my exercise program and tone down my eating.

I hate to admit it, but I'm starting to prefer this blog to my recently revamped baty.net. Now what?

Almost no one visits my blogs directly. 90% of visits are via RSS. This means that what the pages look like doesn't matter to anyone but me. I wish it didn't matter to me. Things sure would be simpler.

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