All of the dehumidifiers and other drying machines have been removed from my house. It now looks kinda like it did before if you ignore the lack of drywall, plaster and paint on some walls and ceilings and holes in others — functional but not pretty. I may wait a month or two before I bring in the crews to repair all that. My insurance agent and my business manager both think there may be financial advantages to leaving it at least 'til after the first of the year.
I am amazed at the number of my friends who think Donald Trump is "getting away" with his various felonies, misdemeanors and moral wrongdoings. The guy's surrounded by investigations and grand juries and now a special prosecutor…and every weekday, there's a headline about a new loss in court, often presided over by one or more Trump appointees. The man's gotta be sweating hair dye a la Giuliani, especially since he knows of the misdeeds they haven't found out about yet. Still, people I know say, "He's never been convicted before," as if that means it's impossible in the coming months. These same people once said, "Barack Obama can't win because this country has never elected a black man president before." First time for everything. (Well, not everything but lots of things…)