Barbara J. Hamby

News & Weather

There’s a really sad story on the news about a concert in Germany where a huge crowd stampeded, killing a number of people and injuring around 300. It’s unlikely I’ll ever be in such a situation. The older I get, the more I hate to be in crowds. Most modern music leaves me cold, as well. Apparently more than a million people were crowded into a space that could only be entered or exited through an underpass and they panicked for some reason.

On this second day of 90+degree temperatures, we’ve managed to keep this apartment under 80 degrees by opening everything up at night and closing windows and sliding doors when the outside temperature equals the inside in the mornings. So far, I’ve only run fans and not had to use the air conditioning.

The ladies I meet for lunch on Mondays usually get together in Laurelhurst Park in good weather. So far this year we’ve had to meet indoors at a café. It’s looking like tomorrow will be a good day in the park. It should be fun.

We now have two slim HD television sets in good working order. My son-in-law installed both of them—the second one yesterday. So Floyd can watch his sports and I can watch whatever the mood strikes. The choice is pretty limited in summer.

We’ve been enjoying fresh cherries and berries for weeks. The cooler than usual weather hasn’t seemed to have too bad an effect on the fruit.