Thanks for the responses to Day 1000 – I’m glad that people are enjoying my writing and even finding it useful!

Today was mostly occupied with getting back into mundane life; we went to the gym, did some shopping, cooked all of our own meals, and I even went to the allergist. Truly exciting.

But there was one unexpected occurrence while we were out walking this morning. A car came to a sudden stop across the street from us and the driver jumped out and ran away from it. She had a good reason – the car was on fire! I grabbed my phone and called 9-1-1; while I was waiting for them to answer, a truck labeled “Exterior Services” stopped just in front of the car. Its driver got out, grabbed a hose from the back of the truck, and started spraying the burning car.

9-1-1 answered and said that the fire department was on the way; by that time, the car was mostly extinguished and the smoke was getting thick, so we left the area.

I didn’t get a photo of the car on fire, but I came back a few hours later and saw this where the car had stopped.

I started this blog (originally named Defenestration Corner) in March, 2000, with no particular theme or purpose – it was just a place I could share things of interest. Travel was a big interest; my first travel post was that same month (a ranking of Real Ales I was drinking at a pub in Stratford-Upon-Avon), and I did my first trip report in May, 2000 (Amsterdam and WWW9).

I blogged when the spirit moved me; every so often, I’d get on a hot streak and blog every day for a few weeks. But there would be other times when I’d lose interest and only blog every few months – or even just once a year.

Things changed on March 17, 2020. I started my Quarantine Journal on the first day of the Santa Clara County “shelter-in-place” order, and I haven’t missed a day since.

How long will I continue? That’s a good question. I guess I’ll keep going until I miss a day!