Tuesday, November 10, 2026

     Warm sunny days and cold mornings.  My fingers are icy this morning. I broke a drinking glass in the kitchen sink yesterday. I thought I removed all the glass from the sink, and garbage disposal.  My roommate has a small cut on her hand this morning. More work to be done.

     The Highlands baker brings a fresh loaf of bread to us. And of course lots of good conversations. Good bread.

     My roommate sits outside in the dark holding the friendly black cat. I sit inside watching the evening news. All good news for awhile as the new legislators learn the ropes. No reported ICE events yesterday in our county.

     I am now reading A MAP OF FUTURE RUINS, on Borders and Belonging by Lauren Markham. A non fiction look at the stories we tell ourselves and believe about immigrants and settlers. Challenging to read and interesting. In the evening, I watch TV by myself while my roommate is on zoom meetings. Same old TV detective stories for me. The boring president is trying out unsuccessful ways to get our attention.

 

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.