Monday, April 13, 2026

     I give up, I am tired of being cold. I turned up the thermostat in the hallway and the heater jumps into action. Warm air fighting the damp coldness of the current storm.

     A few more birds outside in the bottle bush trees. And the old tall pine trees are still standing up, twisting and turning in the wind. The potato patch is full on with greenery.  The gophers haven’t discovered these plants yet.

     I gave up on the book THIS IS HAPPINESS. It is well written but I don’t like the characters living in the story.  I don’t want to read about alcoholic Irish families even if the story is imaginatively written. I have started reading A REAL EMERGENCY, STORIES FROM THE AMBULANCE BY Joanna Sokol.

     The personal Librarian brings take out Chinese dinner.  We eat and watch the first episode of ANNIKA. We are celebrating my new ability to eat sweet and sour pork. My life is better now that I can predictably swallow food. Thank you little pink pill. And the series is good. Later my roommate and I watch another episode of the frantic, funny BIG MISTAKES.

 

Sunday, April 12, 2026

     55 degrees in my bedroom while I eat my breakfast. I am dressed n layers of warm clothes except for my icy hands. Clouds are dispersing, a huge rainbow sits just outside my window. Sun is beginning to warm up the neighborhood.

     I am particularly intrigued by the thought chapter of Michael Pollan’s A WORLD APPEARS. How difficult to catch our stream of thoughts and describe them. And how we each have individual streams of thoughts.  Words are inadequate to describe our inner worlds.

      I am home alone most of the day. I do my daily chores, read, nap and watch the news. My roommate returns from her master gardening class with two dozen eggs she won in the class. The tall man brings me a box of my favorite cookies from Whole Foods. The professor moves on to continue her vacation in Santa Cruz.  Slowly the clouds and wind gather for the next storm.

     In the evening, we check out the new shows on Netflix and decide to watch BIG MISTAKES, an eight episodes series. Fast moving, some shouting and lots of almost laughter. Funny, serious, grim and a bit stupid.  My kind of show.

 

Saturday, April 11, 2026

     Early morning breakfast with the professor is always full of conversation and kindness. We both like to get up early and hang out together.  She then goes for her daily walk and I read the newspaper and work on my writing.

     The potato plants are thriving in the back yard. Now the question is, will the gophers get to the potatoes before we do. My roommate is at the Saturday master gardener class with 50 students. The house is quiet.

     The three buckets are under the skylight to catch the drips from the light rain last night. More rain expected in the late afternoon. House is cool and damp this morning.

     Not much to report from yesterday, more repeat episodes of THE PITT, the landing and rescue of Artemus 2 in the Pacific Ocean, walks on the deck, naps and continuing to read several books. THIS IS HAPPINESS, WILD TREES and A WORLD APPEARS. The story lines are creating a collage of images in my 85 year old mind.