Monday, March 16, 2026
My roommate’s good friends from Pittsfield gave me their favorite book, WILD TREES by Richard Preston. An unknown to me. I am excited to start reading it.
While eating my lunch I watch the compelling Jon Batiste preform his music on PBS Austen City Lights. So, along with searching for hidden benches in town, I want to hear more music. I first heard Jon Batiste on the Colbert show. Now I am looking for more music on my TV. In the evening, we watch a bit of the OSCAR AWARDS CEREMONY.
My house and yard is overflowing with plants, big, small, exotic, strange. My roommate is training to be a master gardener. My favorite is the potato patch in the back yard. Although she tells me the manes of plants, the names don’t stick in my old brain. I have to create memorable names myself.
Today I go to the Hartnell clinic for blood and urine tests for the cancer surveillance plan. I pretend to myself that it is fine, no worries, but in fact the little engine of anxiety is starting up inside me again.