Night Owl Cards

  For the first five years or so of this blog, I would take a time out on this day to recognize my daughter's birthday. She wasn't a sports fan, never has been, so it was my way to recognize her by refraining from sports and briefly mentioning something that she likes. I knew as much about Hannah Montana, iCarly and shojo manga as she knew about baseball, so those posts were brief. Eventually, I dropped posting on her birthday altogether, preferring to spend the whole day celebrating with her instead of tip-tapping on the keyboard. Today is the first time since 2014, I believe, that I've actually posted on March 22. Times have changed. She's all grown up now, a college graduate, with a full-time job and has moved away for good. Last year was the first time I didn't celebrate her birthday with her in person, but that was because of COVID. This year is actually the beginning of the new era, when her birthday celebrations from me will be mostly calls and texts because ...