Saturday, June 13, 2026    

     Foggy cool morning. I look at the California weather report and realize I live in a narrow band of cool fog while the rest of the state is too hot. This morning, I am wearing my green puffer jacket while I eat my breakfast and read the morning paper.

     I meet a friend for lunch at the local Chinese restaurant. We talk while eating our lunch specials. The restaurant is busy. And I am exhausted when I get home. Today will be a quiet day as I recover from Friday’s lunch. I wish I knew whether the tiredness is just age and disability, or something fixable.

     My roommate is busy in the small backyard farm, hours of slow work. She returns to the house smiling. This work is perfect for her. I am now eating home grown salads.  Soon we will have fresh tomatoes and dozens of other treats. In the evening we watch WIDOWS BAY and CLARKSON’S FARM.

     I took a Political Science class at UC Berkeley in 1960 that explored the philosophical framework of societies. I barely passed and took the class a second time in an attempted to understand how our society actually works. I am still working on understanding our political and cultural lives. NOTES ON A FOREIGN COUNTRY by Suzy Hansen is fabulous, and difficult to understand.