Barbara J. HambyAuthor & Poet |
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Monday LunchToday was lunch with the Kaiser study bunch at the café in Hawthorne Fred Meyer. We sit directly across the street from the Hawthorne Theater, which I’m told was formerly the Scottish Rite Temple. A parking lot next door to it has provided entertainment for us the past two Mondays, or rather the musicians’ humongous motor homes with trailers attached,… click here to continue November, 16th, 2009 Head LinesIt seems like one thing after another keeps me away from the pool and my exercise program recently. Either I’ve somehow poked a hole in my thin skin and don’t want to risk an infection, or I suspect I have something contagious and don’t want to expose anyone else. Today I’ve fought a headache all day and the sniffles.… click here to continue November, 14th, 2009 Household ManagementThis week I’ve been thinking about household management and how it becomes more tedious as I age. I’m fortunate to be able to have a housecleaner come in every other week to do the heavy housework—I just have to do repetitive maintenance chores: laundry, cooking, dishes, etc. I notice that I find just as much satisfaction with a clean house… click here to continue November, 12th, 2009 Busy, Busy, BusyToday was one of those busy days that produced mostly fatigue. Every other Tuesday when our housecleaner shows up, I clear out and run errands. I did so today. Shopping, the cleaners, the library, the gas station for a fill, and I treated myself to lunch at Elmer’s. Floyd was still on milkshakes, recuperating from a root canal, so he… click here to continue November, 10th, 2009 A Productive DayAfter my morning swim, lunch and a nap, I started editing the twenty-two-page account of my trip to Ireland in 1998. With interruptions for laundry, grocery shopping, dinner, etc., I just finished. It’s great fun to relive the trip, add little tidbits here and there as I remember them, and clean up the writing. Tomorrow morning our monthly… click here to continue November, 08th, 2009 One Project AccomplishedYesterday my daughter and son-in-law came over and helped unload items stored in the attic for the last three years and move them into a storage locker in a building across the street. Now we won’t have to go up and down rickety steps to the attic every time we want a seldom-used piece of furniture or holiday items, etc.… click here to continue November, 06th, 2009 Beggars—ChoosersOn Monday I had lunch with three women who were part of the Kaiser Weight Loss Maintenance Study that I participated in. During our conversation, one mentioned that she always carries a plastic bag full of Power Bars in her car and hands them out to homeless people on the street. She mentioned one who is very grateful and says… click here to continue November, 04th, 2009 |