After visiting my brother and his cats, my mom and I stopped by an actress friend of ours who recently broke her ankle while walking her dog. Luckily her boy friend had just returned from a trip to take care of her while she can’t walk. Bella, her dog, is finally starting to warm up to me and kept …
January 2, 2012 archive
Jan 02 2012
Care Visit #2: Lentils For My Brother
Went over to my brother’s house with my mom tonight so we could deliver some lentil soup that my mom had made. Plus, she really wanted to play with the cats that she has fallen in love with. Unfortunately my nephew is still out of town and my niece was out with friends so we didn’t get …
Jan 02 2012
Care Visit #1: A Sick Old Friend
Went to visit an old friend today who I had heard was quite sick and staying at a rehabilitation home. His condition once I saw him shocked me fairly deeply. It reminded me very much of how my father looked just before he passed away. That was rather uncomfortable, especially since he couldn’t respond to …
Jan 02 2012
My First New Friend Of 2012
Came across this super-tiny guy crawling around my bathroom cabinet this morning. I had to get my jeweler’s loupe just to see that it was a jumping spider. After completely disturbing it by jamming my giant electronic eye into its world, I set it loose in our backyard, free to pursue a life of religious …
Jan 02 2012
Rose Floats #123
Started off my day by watching the 123rd Tournament of Roses Parade. Since from the very beginning it’s been a tournament rule to never have it held on a Sunday, it was moved to today. I kept flipping channels to either re-watch a particular float I liked, to avoid commercials or sometimes to view the floats instead …