Are laconic messages sometimes verbose?

[todayiamadaisy]

Grocery morning. We've gone back in time, back to two years ago, looking at the empty shelves and product limits. Then back to the spare room for my usual half day of work on Friday. Lunch, then to my great-aunt's funeral. No masks required at funerals now, but we all wore them. A quiet funeral, as half the great-aunt's children and their families live interstate, so they were there by livestream. It was sunny when we went into the funeral, but we came out to a sudden sea mist. Solid grey air.

January

7. Have you ever saved an animal's life? How about a person's life?

I have rescued several birds from our bird bath. Small birds out of their depth, having slipped off the pebble in the middle. A lot of flap and splash and panic, fixed by me putting my hand under them and scooping them out.

I have administered the Heimlich manoeuvre to a choking person, which was fairly traumatic for both of us. Apparently it's frowned on now, but it seemed to do the job at the time.