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Familiar Faces

October 5, 2026 / / 2 Comments

My friends Beth and Chris are here from Colorado! They are visiting for a few days, and catching up with their friends in the LA area, including me. They came to my house yesterday.

We chatted, and went swimming, and had dinner. It was great! Beth is staying a little longer than Chris, so we may yet have time to get together again.

I think everyone who is a regular reader here knows this, but Beth and I went to high school together. We have seen each other a surprising number of times since then. Each time we meet is so much fun. This time was no exception.

2 responses to “Familiar Faces”

  1. Lauren says:
    October 5, 2026 at 4:04 am

    How fun – hi, Beth and Chris! You all look so happy! I’m especially glad that Denis prepared a chicken to roast. Wait, that’s Bruno.

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    • Carol says:
      October 5, 2026 at 5:57 am

      HA! You called to mind the photos Brad formerly hung in his classroom – one of a turkey ready to pop into the oven and one of his Spinx cat at the time (Ned? I forget-sorry!). Ya’ could hardly tell the difference…

      Continue to have a fun reunion, y’all!

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Plant Progress

October 4, 2026 / / 1 Comment

It’s been really hot here the last couple of days, and is supposed to continue to be for a few days more. That makes watering my back yard more important than ever, because almost everything is in pots.

Saturdays are my usual watering days, and yesterday was no exception. In spite of the heat, the plants are looking pretty good. The succulents handle the heat the best.

One of them was even blooming!

My outside collection of things that are houseplants in other climate zones is in full shade, so they’re doing pretty well. One of my current favorites is an earth star (cryptanthus) I got on a whim last year.

It has continued to look beautiful. So beautiful that I want more. But the garden center I got it from hasn’t had them since I started looking again. It’s fun to have a quest, even if I’m kind of lazy about it and only look at the one place.

If It Ain’t Baroque…

October 3, 2026 / / 2 Comments

We have several good keyboardists at my church. One of the keyboardists is an accomplished organist. He was on duty for services last Sunday. It was delightful to hear him play.

He tends to lean toward Romantic organ composers. I really like Baroque. Last Sunday, his prelude was undoubtedly Baroque. Johann Pachelbel. Yay! I loved it!

On top of that, three of our hymns were tunes from the 1500’s. Awesome!

I wonder sometimes why I like Baroque music so much. I know my dad liked it too. Is it hard-wired into me somehow?

Back to Breakfast

October 2, 2026 / / 2 Comments

Church choir rehearsals are back in session, so I’m staying after school on Thursday afternoons. I always need to get something to eat on those days. My default is breakfast. Breakfast for dinner. Mmm…

There are a lot of breakfast places to choose from near my school. One of my regular places is a local chain called “Norms”.

It’s diner food, and they serve breakfast all day. Yesterday I had scrambled eggs and bacon. Yum!

Cool Calisthenics

October 1, 2026 / / 1 Comment

I continue to exercise in my garage. This time of year it can get pretty hot though. That makes exercise even harder than it usually is. When we had a heat wave back in September, I got an air conditioner. It’s so nice!

I also have lots of fans in there. I turn almost all of them on. Exercise is hard.

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