Friday, February 6, 2026

      Another very warm day. New record for warm winter weather.  I am not complaining. The warmth is welcomed in my home.  No heater on this morning.

     The New Yorker is full of vim and vigor as she works on the stuff in the basement rooms and garage. In the evening, she falls asleep on the couch while we watch TV.

     I am really liking this long book, THERE ARE RIVERS IN THE SKY. It’s  not complicated, the characters are clearly described and the story keeps surprising me. I am not sure if others will like it.

     We watch more of the Britbox drama RIOT WOMEN. Tonight we will watch the last two episodes. It was billed as a comedy but no, it is an intense painful drama.

 

Thursday, February 5, 2026

     A blank page this morning. Ummm. I wake in the middle of the night worrying about my appointment with the oncologist Friday afternoon.  I tell friends and family that I am going by myself.  I am strong and capable. They have busy lives. But the fears in the middle of the night say something different. So I will accept help after all.

     I don’t do my chair yoga exercises on Wednesday.  I plan to, but then I don’t.  I am caught up in reading THERE ARE RIVERS IN THE SKY. I have some difficulty eating my lunch. I have an occasional lazy esophagus episode when I can’t swallow food. Runs in my family.

     All I want to do is sit in my blue recliner and read more chapters of this book.  I do walk outside to pick up three days of mail. I am strong and capable but sometimes I am pretending following the old adage, fake it until you make it. I am going to try a new one, be honest, trust yourself.

     We watch the new Spike Lee movie HIGHEST 2 LOWEST. I have difficulty fallowing the plot, and the images of New York City are fabulous. I want to visit New York again.

 

Wednesday, February 4, 2026  

     Warm sunny morning.  Walking out on the deck I see high school students walking between their class rooms.  Crows and sea gulls calling out. The potted rose bush has the first blossom. The geraniums have many blossoms. Yep signs of spring.

      When I see current family pictures, I see an old old woman who looks a bit bewildered.  I am not sure the image is the real me but there I am in the photographs. Time to update my mental image to something more realistic.

     In the evening, we watch the movie SING, SONG BLUE. I was reluctant. A wonderful film. It should win awards. I had forgotten Neil Diamonds music is. The music keeps laying in my head.

     I start reading the novel, THERE ARE RIVERS IN THE SKY, by Elif Shafak. Too early to tell if I will continue.  It is a long book. I can’t remember who recommended it.