A Gray Morning, No Snow, High in Thirties

Moon Over Lake Chautauqua

Open Water at Long Point Marina

Long Point Park

Another morning without snow, sun, just gray lake and sky.  No plan for the day, no yoga till Thursday, so we'll have to come up with something to do, a hike, a project, or just get caught up on things here at home, like paying the bills, organizing some of our lives, always waiting there to be done, and finishing my current book, CUTTING THE STONE. For those who have read it, I'm in the middle of the liver transplant between Marion and Shiva, with their father Thomas Stone, the acting surgeon.  It is a good read, fun to see life in Addis Abba, especially the life of a doctor, both in a third world country and the US.

Yesterday, I went to yoga at 10:00, eclectic yoga as advertised, and there were only five people in attendance, quite a difference from Saturday.  I was the only male there, which is not unusual, though there has been at least one male other than me at most classes.  I suppose it appeals mostly to women, to those who have the freedom to come to class, don't work, or don't have children at home although it's hard to categorize as all ages are usually in attendance, with me being the eldest.  Evie stayed home and made meatballs, got caught up on things, and when I came home at 11:30, we went over to Long Point for a nice long walk, a beautiful sunny day, the woods quiet, empty with matted leaves covering the ground, usually covered by snow.  It was strange to be able to see through the trees, at this time of year, no leaves on anything, no green except for the pines, a brown floor  The tip of Long Point was open water as well though fishermen have been on the lake for a couple of weeks, now.

We had spaghetti and meatballs for dinner, of course, and watched an Egyptian movie based on a novel I really liked called THE YAOCOUBIAN BUILDING.  It was quite long, almost three hours, and was like a soap opera, as it followed the lives of a number of families, from all strata's of society, that lived in the Yaocoubian Building.  Much of it revolved around the libidos of various males, but it also followed a couple of women.  It was too long, a bit silly at times, like most soaps, but it did give you a good sense of Cairo, of the lives of its people, at a time when the culture was changing, the Muslim Brotherhood rising, and people were  starting to question their government and its rules.