Overcast For Now, Sunny Later

7:00

Up at 7:00 on the dot, surprised to see how dreary and gray it was out side, the sun hidden by clouds, no fog that I can see, 55º, no traffic on the lake yet.  A quiet morning, listening to NPR and Terri Gross as Evie  has just just gotten up to join me.  We are finally getting accustomed to (not used to) waking without grandchildren in the house.

Yesterday was another perfect day, sunny and warm, not hot, what I like to call a Chautauqua summer day, so unlike the hot, humid days we have had the last couple of years.  I did go to yoga since I have not been in a week, and it was a good class, lots of the Saturday people, those who work during the week unlike me.  A coffee at Ryder's Cup in Lakewood where they were having Children's Appreciation Day, with lots of face painting going on.  Despite the great day, we did not do anything exciting.  Evie, in fact, went off to Walmart to print some pictures from the summer and do some grocery shopping while I hit the Transfer Station, now newly organized, so I had to hunt for proper trash containers for paper, plastics, cans etc, though they probably throw them all together in the end or so I have heard.

Finally, A Perfect Loaf of Bread, with Oats, Flax seeds, and Quinoa

Most of the afternoon, we relaxed, either on the dock or porch; Evie cut the lawn, for aesthetic reasons as well as exercise.  At 5:30, we went off to our neighbors, the Scholtz's, for drinks and to talk about the week's lectures on Turkey, which they also attended.  They visited Turkey in the fall of 2011 so they were familiar with Turkey, its geography and politics.  Both have interest in what's going on both in Turkey and the Middle East, so we spent most of the late afternoon going over the talks, trying to decide whether we were optimistic about what was happening in Turkey or pessimistic.  We told them about our adventures  with Friday's speaker Kemal Kirisci and explained some of his reservations about the Gulen Foundation and Movement, both here in the States and in Turkey.  Most people have never heard of this Muslim cleric who lives in Sailorsburg, PA,  yet he has founded over 300 charter schools here in the United States, ostensibly as a bridge between the US and the Middle East, between Muslim and Christian.

A Welcoming and Growing Cairn

We came home around 7:00, had a dinner of fresh corn and Greek sausages, made with feta cheese, bought from the small grocery in Sugar Grove, PA.  They make all kind of their own sausages and it's worth the trip to drive there, to buy gas, forty cents cheaper than here in New York, and some Pot Of Gold milk.  After dinner, we watched a few more episodes of Nurse Jackie, still not taken with it but we have nothing else we want to watch.  I am almost finished with The Burgess Boys and have one more day before my digital book expires, so I better finish it today.