psithurism (SEE-thur-ism - the “P” is silent): noun. a rustling or whispering sound, such as leaves in the wind; susurration:
Standing in the glade I heard a quiet psithurism, just straddling the line between music and noise.
My new favorite word is: susurration <swoon>
@rocking_chair You have officially done your work here today. Please take the rest of the day off. 
And the rather large percentage who will undoubtedly try to shoehorn it into an IRL (In Real Life) conversation by the end of this weekend 
ETA: To wit …
psithurism
challenging just to utter
yet palliative
to a soul that’s frazzled by
the sturm und drang of living
[ because discourse]
Susurration is the word I use to describe snow clothes. Sush, sush, sush; every step, sush
Beautifully said.
Psithurism whispers soft
In the trees: a bird
Calls twice, and then falls silent
Personally, getting forcibly uprooted because of a landlord decision would seriously damage my already fragile state of mind so I’m glad to read that you seem to be coping OK.
Oh, it is absolutely too early for me. But I also know that apart from work, I’m pretty isolated - I have friends, but none live nearby, I have family, but none in my same city. So thinking about what the future - even if it’s 10-15 years down the line - might hold is important.
Thank you for that. Last year at this time I was emotionally a Complete Wreck (on top of having COVID). I still hold a big grudge against the way my landlord handled this. I hope I eventually get over it.
(How can you post if you’re banned?)
When you’re on your own, it’s good to know that there is a reasonable option – even a pleasant/desirable one – down the road.
You get banned after making the post
Oh. Surely he wasn’t banned because of this post? It was a very nice post. 
Never mind.
No, of course he wasn’t banned for that post. Which was nice.
I’m really glad things are working out for you.
Thanks. I really appreciate everyone’s good wishes and support. It’s almost like y’all are real people! 
Okay, I know most of you are real people.
Almost!
I’m 63 and have a 15 acre farm. I have horses, dogs, and bees. A couple years ago I had mini splits installed so I wouldn’t have to continue to carry bags of pellets for the wood stove, but I routinely carry 50 lb bags of feed and throw hay bales around. But I’m thinking at this point that when the horses are gone (Irish is 30 this year, and his health hasn’t been great) that I’ll consider selling the farm and moving somewhere with less upkeep than a 180 year old house.
I really can’t see moving somewhere where people are so close, though. I’ve lived alone all my life. People always said I’d be lonely, but I haven’t been. I retired a year ago, and I’m thinking of volunteering at the library so I have some structured time and some casual companionship. I do rescue dog transport a few times a month. I don’t know - it’s a big decision to make.
StG
We’re so close to getting my dad moved in, but then Comcast!.
All major construction is essentially complete, with the only things remaining (as of this week), being fixing things on the punch list for the first floor. The other floors are done. An opening date was expected toward the end of this month.
The developers entered into a telecom contract with Comcast to provide TV, Internet, and phones, but Comcast has not hooked up the building yet, and doesn’t know when they will. Lack of Internet and TV just means a bunch of old people won’t get their Fox News (or more likely MSNBC, given the political leanings of the area), but no phone means no connection for the fire alarms, security system, and emergency phones, which means no occupancy permit.
That is delaying opening by 3-5 weeks as they update the required emergency systems to use cellular based services.
This has been a long haul for you and Dear Old Dad! Can’t believe you’re nearing the finish line.
The Home where I am provides WiFi and basic cable, but my source of internet is a T-Mobile Gateway. I also have T-Mobile as my cell phone provider. Suggest you look into it. It’s not cable, but you have access to internet streaming for your TV. If and when Comcast gets set up, he will have that, too. I like not being dependent on The Home’s WiFi, which is public, and goes down from time to time.
T-Mobile has good financial deals for us Old People. Seriously-- check it out.
Our resident expert here on all things T-Mobile is @ParallelLines. He walked me through some issues a while back. 
Hey, guy! Maybe you can give @echoreply some advice.
Keep us posted!
I want to point out each time I provided “help” you had already done the research and just needed someone to double check, so don’t sell yourself short!
Anyway, always happy to help. It sounds like the main issue though is the foot dragging by Comcast in terms of making the building itself ready for basic function, making the issue with the residents not having internet/phones/cable not moot but yeah, not good either.
The 5G gateway is a good value for service IF the building ends up having poor connectivity AND they can get good reception, but we’d need to know more about the specific needs for @echoreply’s father.
Oh, and for today’s “Did you know?” on cellphones and the like, please make sure everyone involved has updated their phone’s emergency contact info (especially for anyone living alone, or who have family doing so).
If you’ve never noticed, on most smartphones, even with security (PIN, swype, fingerprint, there’s a little button labeled emergency. If set up anyone can click on it, see who is registered operator of the phone, and click further to “View Emergency info” which included Medical Information (allergies, meds, etc) and your Emergency contacts, including the phone # and ability to call from your phone!
On most variants of Android you can go to Settings (the gear icon) → Safety & Emergency → Medical information (and give permission to load it to said emergency screen), your Emergency Contacts, and other related features including Emergency SOS, Car Crash Detection and other safety features (do you want Earthquake, severe weather or other alerts?).
Here’s a link for similar steps on iOS for Apple products (since I don’t have one at the moment and prefer to verify steps where I can, and Apple’s a lot more unified than android)
On a related note, please also take the time to set up your emergency location services or e911 information if you use Wi-Fi calling as an option (often if you have poorish cellular signal at your primary residence). That way if you’re calling emergency services over WiFi rather than cellular, they’ll have a log of your (most likely) location!
I also bring this up because I’m in the process of setting up a spare phone I had lying around for my Father, who’s using an el cheapo Consumer Cellular pre-paid phone with no data, and I had a spare not-in-use phone SIM and phone, and wanted to make sure his copious medical issues are documented and that EMS can reach my brother (the doctah!) for consultation in any emergency. Not to mention, I’m setting up a bunch of google tiles (3) linked to the new phone and google account for the keys and other easily lost devices that frustrate him (he is STILL working on flipping properties in NM, and sometimes leaves said keys one of multiple locations).
Thanks for the prompt check-in! You are The Bomb. (Are we allowed to say that here?)
Heh, happy to check in, it’s Saturday, my loaf around the house on the computer and get nearly nothing practical done day. Future me is going to work hard on household chores tomorrow!