I was inspired this morning to complete a bunch of hovering tasks,  cleaning out the stopped up sink drain, paying bills, watering the garden, hanging up clothes, dropping off books at the library.  I felt heroic.

My daughter came and left and will return next week. I am not sure what to say.  It is all fine and I am tired.

Went to lunch at El Torito's on the bay.  I kept looking for whales but didn't see any.  Will have to go back and keep looking.

what I noticed today was that I wanted to take the day off and do nothing.  I ignored this impulse and did my usual activties.

I am going to sign up for postcards to voters to encourage democrats to vote.  This is something I think I can do.

I stayed home all day today and I didn't get restless or bored.  I will do this more often.

What I noticed today is how the sun clearing the foggy sky lifts my heart and I no longer am despairing of the Trump actions.  I am ready to act unless of course it gets too hot and I retreat back into a corner of my house.

yep, it is my birthday today, 78 years old.  Hard to know whether to hide it or celebrate.

I am totally distracted by Trump's separating kids from their families at the boarder.  I can hardly believe this, what is going on.  We are not the country we thought we were.
sigh

Huge wind blowing now.  Blew open the french doors in the guest room.  I am not sure I can keep them secure in this wind.  sigh

fog all day.  We turned the heater on at St. James church because it was cold.  Maybe the sun will come out tomorrow.  But it is good weather for sleeping.

Went to see the latest avengers movie with the two teenagers.  I was definitely  the oldest person in the room and I had to close my eyes through a lot of the fighting and there was a lot of fighting.  sigh

OK. I am reading a really interesting book, FUTURE FACE, a family mystery, an epic quest and the secret to belonging by Alex Wagner.  I keep wanting to sit and read.

I am reading Barbara Ehrenreich new book, NATURAL CAUSES.  And it is so true.

sun and then wind.  Spent some time at San Carlos beach watching the ocean and watching families.

I blew it at a meeting today.  Now I feel remorse.  When am I going to learn.

feeling sad today as I mourn a recent death.  It doesn't help to remember that everyone dies and that everything changes.  The sadness just goes on.

Some books take longer to read then others.  These are dense with ideas and characters.  I am reading one now, THE OVERSTORY by Richard Powers.

I sometimes think I should paint but then I don't.  I have a stack of paints and papers in my house.  I think I just like buying stuff.

I have slowly been watching HALT AND CATCH FIRE on netflix, one episode at a time and each time it gets better.  I am resisting binging.

Had a picnic lunch with a friend at Presidio Park in Monterey, a small hidden park overlooking the harbor.  We were the only ones there.  We won the prize in the midst of thousands of visitors crowding the streets and beaches.

I had started turning my head away when I walked passed my dry garden.  Today I watered and we are all happy.