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THIS IS ROBERT TALKING . . . Or, the Dark Side of Etiquetteer :-)

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In the parlor.

Wednesday Morning, 22 December

December 22, 2021

1) Finalmente, the installation of new ceiling fixtures is now complete. The stained glass fixtures in the parlor and dining room look just as I imagined them, and the unexpected need to paint the ceiling can be put off until later. It is such a relief to have this done, and the boxes those fixtures came in tossed out.

The dining room.

2) The new toner cartridges arrived, too, and I installed them. And the computer recognizes that a document is being printed, but nothing prints. Ho hum. I am going to have to send out my cards without my Christmas letter, which is tedious.

2a) The other odd techy thing: for the second Wednesday in a row, almost the entire Etiquetteer email list has been rejected and bounced back to me with my usual column notification. Curious . . .

3) Of greater concern, the number of people I know — mostly internet friends, but also one or two in real life — who are testing positive or coming down with full-blown COVID. Please everyone, be safe.

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