cool overcast day. Listen to the buzz saw all morning as another neighbor is hacking at their oak trees. I wanted to run out and say no, don't do this but I contained myself. the sound has stopped. Maybe there will not be any more cutting of trees.

Went to see ALBERT DOBBS at the movies today. A beautiful film, well done and very sad. I am glad that I saw it. it was in the tiny theater at the Osio with maybe 30 seats , most of which were awkward and uncomfortable. Luckily I was there early and got a good seat. Lots of people on the streets and around tonight

Gerald, my middle aged unemployed neighbor has been torturing the oak tree in his back yard which is just outside my kitchen window. He is constantly hacking at it with a chain saw.

In the late afternoon he sets up his extension aluminum latter and starts climbing up the tree. The tree now looks like an umbrella having lost most of it's limbs.

Is there a moral law against torturing a tree. If this was a dog I could call the police.

Planned to have coffee at the Pine Inn this morning with my friends but we didn't want to cross the picket line. The employees are striking for two days because they don't want to loose their medical benefits.

I absolutely support them. So we went to Pacific grove for our coffee.

I remember going out on strike many years ago and how scarey it was and in the end it was good for us as employees. I support unions.

The kids lounged around the living room this afternoon. No one wanted to go outside. the 12 year old boy played mind craft on the computer and the 10 year old girl flopped on the couch reading. I was sewing. Finally the girl asked if I wanted her to read to me and I did, so she read for an hour out loud
A quiet peaceful warm afternoon. I hope we do it again.

Overcast cloudy day, waiting for the sun to come and wash down the pollen.

I feel flat, not quite sue what to do with myself this afternoon. The Plein air class went well in the morning and now I am restless. Going to read another mystery story.

I wonder about how we get entranced by reading and by story telling. I am totally caught by Downton Abbey and yearn for it to continue forever even though I know that is silly. It has one more episode and then it is over for a long time. And some books I just don't want to end. So strange how our minds get caught.