Monday, November 9, 2026

     I love/hate the Sunday New York Times paper. So much to read and look at, and too much to read and look at. I am tired of the articles, and I don’t want to miss anything. I want to buy more books, go to more movies, read long articles, see more art. I want to understand the current political issues and understand economics.  My arms get tired holding up the paper. And I love this full complicated Sunday paper. And before I am done with the Sunday paper, Monday’s paper arrives.

     We talk about taking a drive to check out the monster waves at the beach. In the end we stay home. I watch on facebook the huge waves breaking on the beach. I continue with my daily leg exercises.

     I am excited for the Senators and the Representatives to return to their work in Washington today. What are the Republicans going to do? The big question.

     I give up on reading WE SOLVE MURDERS, too boring. Now for the next book in the library stack. I could not resist ordering three more books from Amazon, books the library did not have. We watch the beginning of season 2 of BLACK DOVES, Lots of violence and angry women assassins.  I am not sure why I like it so much. And then an episode of GILDED AGE, more angry women wearing unwieldly costumes.

 

 Sunday, November 8, 2026

     The neighborhood black cat shows up most days, on the deck, in the late afternoon looking for my roommate. They have a thing going with massages and treats. No cats into the house, too many allergic relatives. My roommate loves cats.  This is our compromise. 

     I wake up at dawn to the amplified sounds of the Big Sur Half Marathon race downtown. Announcements, cheering singing. No words just sounds. Happy noise.

     I am sticking to the PT leg exercises this past week. I am never sure if a habit will grow and stick. I am looking to eliminate curb fear, yep, the fear of those pesky curbs that keep cars from driving up on the sidewalks. I want to be able to step up without any planning or thought.

     I start watching a Polish Medical show ANAESTHESIA, a new dubbed in English series on Netflix. Confusing at first, but I now like it.  Similar and quite different from our medical shows. Started to read WE SOLVE MURDERS by Richard Osman. A good enough book. Only good news this week.  Congress is back in session Monday and intrigues will start up. No ICE activity reports in the county yesterday.

 

Saturday, November 7, 2026

     I can’t stop listening to the news, reading the times paper, all about the election experiences. Change happens so quickly just as the Berlin Wall fell in a day, the republicans fail in one day. The gates of possibility are open for all of us.

     I eat a pear with my breakfast this morning. My roommate has been shopping and now we have a variety of pears in the kitchen. In my childhood yard we had a pear tree giving us fruit each fall.

     My roommate does the library run on Friday. More unread books stare at me from the dining room table. Choose me, choose me they whisper.

     We are watching GILDED AGE, a colorful view of unhappy wealthy women. I guess it is a change from the murder mysteries I like to watch. We also watch NORTH BY NORTH, season two about women living in the snow and ice. I start reading the New Yorker’s article about the history of the border patrol and ICE.  I stop, it is too painful and grim for me.