Started twice

Three and a half weeks from today, I am scheduled to give a presentation for the UWSP campus group called Learning is Forever but known by its initials L.I.F.E.  I have given presentations to LIFE members before.  I like to get started well before the date and I did.  However, unusually for me, I can't find the durned notes I made.  So, yesterday, I started over.  I now have a web page of more book titles than I thought I would discuss.  Life presentations are often offered both in person and by Zoom.  However, if you want to get a headstart, look here:

https://sites.google.com/view/kirbyvariety2/kirby-books-life-11252024

Tunes and lyrics in me

Lynn had been enthusiastic about watching South Pacific again.  I agreed because of her.  I didn't remember the story or the music.  The movie gets to the singing of "There is nothing like a dame" very quickly.  I was surprised at how I responded deeply and viscerally to that song.  "Some enchanted evening" and "Dite Moi" are also wonderful.  We found the movie on Amazon Prime streaming.  It's also on Apple TV.

Wrong one!

We got a notice that Honda wanted to replace the fuel pump in Lynn's CRV.  But when I got to the service desk and the woman looked up the vehicle sitting beside her, she said there are no repairs, tests or services needed for that car.  Huh!  Clerical error.  They do happen.  When I tried to park the car in our garage, the vehicle I wanted to take to the service center was already in there.  I was sitting in the wrong car.  I had taken the wrong car.  Took the right one and all is well.

November 3, 2024

I am busy later so here is a blog post earlier than usual.

It is a busy time.   I am just getting rested from all the trick or treating I didn't do and here comes the end of Daylight Savings.  I think I have the clocks correctly reset.  I like the devices and systems that correct themselves.  If you want to get into time, check out time.gov

You may have heard there is an election in a couple of days and we may have some "action" in the days after.

Lynn is recovering at a good pace from her 2nd knee surgery but there is still plenty she can't do. She gets irritated sometimes and I can understand that.

I looked at CNN Photos of the Week but I am not too impressed. If you want to see them, look them up.

Movies of interest

As a child and a teen, I saw plenty of movies.  Today is still part of the celebration of The Day of the Dead.  I remembered the Disney movie "Coco", a story much involved with the Mexican holiday.  

Lynn has been wanting to see the movie "South Pacific" again.  We watched about half of it again.  I didn't realize how gripping and excellent the music is.  The film opens quickly to "There is nothing like a dame".  She is also after another viewing of "The Red Shoes", about youth, ballet and romance.

Just looking up the title of a movie in any browser or the app, Just Watch, can clue you into where you can see an old movie.

Bacon-wrapped scallops

Sometimes, I go to the seafood refrigerated cabinet in our Walmart and buy bacon-wrapped scallops for about $10.  Scallops, as served, are small cakes of seafood from inside a bivalve (two -shelled creatures from the sea).  The ones I buy take 18-22 minutes of baking.  They come with a strip of bacon wrapped around them.  My family is from Maryland, also known for crabs.

I used to scorn my dad for ordering seafood in a fancy restaurant with an extensive menu of good food but now I do the same thing.

Busy

Lynn had her first post-operative physical therapy session at their office since the operation ten days ago.  She still has to keep her right leg straight and can't bend it much.  She is working on that but getting the full bend back takes time and is slow.  It is also work and painful.  

We have community trick or treating here from 5 to 8 and we have a gathering at our daughter's house for company, sharing and food. We ew, ah and shiver at costumes as kids come to her door for treats.  It seems to me that kids here and now do less damage than I did as a trick or treater.