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Saba at San Diego Zoo (Taken 2.10.22)

I ran into an old friend today at the Farmer's Market. He commented how much this site has changed over the past couple years. I've been thinking about it ever since he said it.

It is different, I know. Because I'm different. The world is different. San Diego is different. This site has actually swayed a lot over the years. It started as a diary, what I would be planning for my weekends, which evolved into me listing everything I could find that was going on in town. When San Diego had major fires jumping our freeways, I would post news updates as they were available because social media wasn't really quite what it is today. When I was a single woman and going to 5 or 6 shows a week, there were a lot of posts about that. For several years, at least preceding the pandemic, I've focused mostly on shows and show photography.

16 years into this site, 10 years into my relationship with Darren and Nova, surviving 4 years of TFG, entering the 3rd year of a global pandemic, and now a major world power invading a sovereign nation...it would be a little gross if at 45 years old I was still posting about partying every night and keeping blinders on about everything going on in the world. There are people who've monetized strictly posting about restaurant openings, there are plenty of lifestyle bloggers and influencers half my age, there are beer writers and bike people and political wonks, and people who pivot from Blogger to Tumblr to Insta to TikTok to whatever, but I'm not concerned with competing with them. Trends come and go, and maybe now I'm the dinosaur, but all I can do is post what is important to me and hope some of you stick around as you grow and evolve, too. And if you don't, that's okay, too. I'm not for everyone.

Stay safe out there.

COVID-19:

Watch How COVID-19 Climbed to Being a Top U.S. Killer — Interactive timeline shows COVID's meteoric rise from nowhere to top of the mortality list - MedPage Today (2.24.22)
WHO: Omicron subvariant now dominant in 18 countries & 6 more updates - Becker's Hospital Review (2.24.22)

CDC MMWR:

Antigen Test Positivity After COVID-19 Isolation — Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Region, Alaska, January–February 2022
Results from a Test-to-Release from Isolation Strategy Among Fully Vaccinated National Football League Players and Staff Members with COVID-19 — United States, December 14–19, 2021

Politics:

CDPH and LWDA Award $27 Million to 153 Community-Based Organizations to Boost Vaccinations in Communities Hardest Hit by the Pandemic. The statewide campaign will continue to engage communities and provide information and resources on COVID-19 prevention, vaccination, and workers’ rights - CDPH (2.24.22)
Governor Newsom Awards $50 Million to Local Communities to Tackle Encampments - Office of Governor Newsom (2.24.22)

State on track to clean up 1,000 encampments this year
$50 million in grants to communities across the state will rehouse 1,401 individuals living in encampments
Part of Governor’s $14 billion homelessness package that will create 55,000 new housing units and treatment slots in the coming years

First Partner Siebel Newsom Releases Report to Expand Access to Farm to School Across California - Office of Governor Newsom (2.24.22)

Planting the Seed outlines a path toward the expansion of equitable, resilient, and scalable farm to school programs in California
Recommendations compiled by an advisory committee include support for proposed funding for the state’s farm to school grant program and scratch cooking infrastructure in schools, and prioritizing relationships between schools and local, socially disadvantaged producers

Trudeau rescinds emergency powers after Canada blockades end. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has rolled back the emergencies act invoked during trucker-led COVID-19 protests in Canada. He said the "threat continues" but is not "acute." - DW News (2.24.22)