I ordered some new outdoor chairs from amazon and they arrived in a huge cardboard  box that is sitting by my front door.  It seems daunting to open the box.  I don't now how long I will leave it there.  I have been know to leave unopened boxes around for months.

Went to the Osio movie house to see Radio Dreams. I didn't really like it or understand what it was all about.

I went through my stack of mail this morning and pulled out the bills. Wrote the checks and took the envelops to the Post Office.  Now that is the way to pay bills.

I took a bag of books to a friend for his free library outside his fence.  He said thank you and maybe I will find something in the box.  You don't have conventional taste in books, Kathy

Went to breakfast with the hill family this morning.  Rosine's in Monterey.  Crowded, noisy, good food, and my voice went out as I tried to keep up with the conversation. So I was quiet the rest of the day.

I finished the first part of a writing project today.  Now I am at loose ends.

I decided to cure my sore knees with Apple cider vinegar but do you know how bad it tastes?  So I bought a jar of apple cider vinegar in pill form from Amazon. this morning I swallowed my first pill and now all day I am burping up the the nasty vinegar.  I give up, I will just live with sore knees.

Went to see the movie "Dean" at the Osio this afternoon with two teenagers.  We were surprised at how good it was.  i want to see more of this kind of good movies.

So.me days it is just hard to keep it together.

warm but not hot and now the fog is in.Went to a meeting where the presenter talked about a group that provides tattoo removal services.  She said the doctors volunteer and love to do it. sigh

Spent the whole day at home today working on a writing project.  Write some, then eat and watch TV and then write some more.  Now the day is done and I am going to read for awhile before bedtime.

The heat is coming according to the weather report.  We may miss the bullet because we live so close to the ocean.  Maybe.

I took a spooful of Apple Cider vinegar because a friendsaid it would help. So bitter I can't do it. Maybe I will try the pills.

Another day is gone, they come and go so quickly.  I stopped to smell the roses and listen to the news and read about Trumps tweets.  Another day.

Some days there is just nothing to say.  sun, rain, wind clouds and now sun again.  Snow in the mountains and Trump is still president.

This morning I started unfriend many accounts on Facebook.  Time to be lean so the algorithm will bend toward what I want to see.  No more kittens and whales for me.

I watched the first episode of Orange is the New Black tonight.  Lots of blood and screaming. I am determined to like it.  But it is hard.

A tiny bit of rain, just enough to wet the street. I paid my bills and realized I was late on two of them.  sigh  And Trump is still president.

A storm is brewing outside, wind clouds.  Maybe a bit of rain.  a break from the James Comey hearings  and commentary.  And Trump is still president.

Went to talk to folks at FORA this afternoon about educating us about the realities of using land at Fort  Ord. I left impressed.

My newest favorite book is TELL ME HOW IT ENDS by Valeria Luiselli.  She writes about her experiences and reflections with the influx of 
Central American child refugees to our country.  Really interesting. 

A warm summer evening, so rare in cold Monterey.  And yet I sit in my dark living room looking at a screen.

I stared watching House of Cards season 5 tonight.  Had to turn it off, too dark.  Maybe if I was watching with others we could have made good jokes about it.

Trump is still president.

I have been reading the new Scott Turow book, Testimony.  As usual a page turner thriller. Now back to the real world.

I have been thinking about hot dogs all week. finally this morning I went to safeway and bought all the ingredients.  Tonight I ate the best hot dog ever and now I have seven more ready to go.  Everything comes in packages of 8.

Had coffee in Carmel with three of my friends.  We agreed to not talk about Trump because it caused so much distress.  it was difficult to find other topics.  And Trump is still president.