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7:26 |
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7:31 |
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8:30 |
I woke at 6:45 to an overcast sky but at the moment, 7:50, the sun had popped out from behind the gray, filling the living room once again with its light. It's still chilly, 18º, and too windy to kayak, alas. I even see a few flurries although it's not sticking.
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Cardinal In Our Front Window |
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A Bevy Of Mallards This Morning |
Friday was a day of relaxation after our road trip to Erie, looking at furniture (which we don't need I might add but want). I was excited early morning, however, to be able to kayak for a half hour on a rapidly thawing lake. After my paddle, I wrote the blog, added photos, and Evie edited and published it before I left for yoga. The class was at 10:00 and Tara started the class with the announcement it would be a class of fire, meaning it would be rigorous. I survived, however, and left feeling pretty righteous. Evie needed some prescriptions picked up so I shopped at Wegmans, then stopped at the bank to cash another check because I overpaid as usual a medical bill. I don't get it.
Lunch was the last of the mushroom soup and cheesy brioche buns. I watched my show, The Vietnam War as things get worse with the battle for Hue, an ancient city that was turned to ashes. It was the turning point for Americans or so it seems. After that, the morale of the country turned against the war. I remember reading Mark Bowden's Hue 1968, a great book, back in 2017 with dismay and sadness. After lunch, I napped and finished my book, Poison, and then struggled to find something else to read. After my nap, however, I got busy in the kitchen and made Turkish kuru fasulye, basically white bean stew, with cannellini beans, tomato paste, garlic, Turkish spices, cayenne, chicken stock, and tomatoes. It's a Turkish staple, one we both love, usually served over rice. Once it was simmering on the stove, I went for a walk around the neighborhood because it was so inviting to walk outside, the blue skies and lake, the sunshine.
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Long Point |
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Northern Sky At 4:30 PM |
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Windy Afternoon |
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1:38 PM |
By 5:30, we were enjoying a glass of wine and listening to the news, always depressing, as some Republicans continued to bring religion into making laws and policies although the nation's founders were clear to separate the Church from the State. The Constitution makes no mention of religion by the way. It's scary, just look at the religious oppression of the Mullahs in the theocracy of Iran.
We had roast beef sandwiches on kimmelwick buns, salad, and kuru fasulye and tried to watch a series on Netflix but it cut out each time we started and it is been happening almost every night. So we went to AppleTV+ and watched a series called Five Days and to our surprise, we are into it. And for the first time, I started a book, a group read from my library, something called TOGETHER WE READ. The book is titled One Summer In Savannah and included on the library website are discussion questions, a letter from the author, and a joint discussion on social media.