Stayed in bed all day. Ray brought me juice, ice water and chicken soup, all the while doing some serious hacking of his own. I slept a lot, rested a lot, and did not work except for a 1 1/2 phone conference this evening. I am pooped out from that effort though I am happy about…
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Orange Grove Day and Evening
I am sitting in our little stand-alone kitchen in the orange grove while I listen to people talking around the campfire. I am determined to get my blog written tonight before I get too tired to put the words on the page. We have all three daughters here, their boyfriends and several of their friends….
The Magic Flute Tonight – A Completely Unique Production
Ray and I were the lucky recipients of tickets to see Mozart’s opera, The Magic Flute, tonight at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. This rendition was staged as a silent movie with graphics that flashed on a huge screen on the stage. The performers appeared via doors that swung open and closed for their solos. This was…
Art Class at the Barnsdall Tonight
After a long work day, I hesitantly climbed in the car and drove with Ray the forty-five minutes it takes to get to the Barnsdall Art Center at 5:30 in the afternoon here in LA. (It’s a 25 minute return trip later in the evening.) We were headed for our stained glass class that we’re…
Day with the Grandkids
We had a lovely visit this afternoon with Sarah and our little grandchildren, Luna and Nico. We spent time at the park and then back at Sarah and Gregorio’s home. This evening Liz and Ron came over and we all had dinner together, which was a treat. We had lots of time at the park to…
Why I Serve as a Lay Eucharistic Minister
Last night I served as the Lay Eucharistic Minister (LEM) at the Vigil Mass at my church, St. Thomas the Apostle, Hollywood. This means that I robed up in my black cassock and long white cotta and spent the majority of the mass standing to the left of the priest (Canon Ian Elliot Davies) at…
Back in LA, Safe and Sound
Yesterday afternoon we arrived at 5:30 in Pasadena and headed directly over to our daughter Sarah’s house to see her and – of course – our grandchildren. Nico just turned five weeks (born January 13) and Luna will be 3 on April 4th. As an extra bonus, our daughter Liz was visiting and before the…
My Dad and His Life
Today is my dad’s birthday. He was born February 19, 1903 and died February 4, 1972, just a couple of weeks after my 19th birthday. My dad was a native Texan; his mother, Mollie Fitzgerald Leatherwood, came from one of the founding families of Fannin County where he and his nine siblings were born and…
Grants, New Mexico
We are headed back to CA on I-40. We are spending the night in Grants and will hopefully make it to LA in time tomorrow to go see Sarah, Luna and Nico (Gregorio is working late tomorrow). I believe Rachael may be there, too. (Not sure about Liz and Ron.) The trouble is it is…
Today in Texas
Quiet evening at home. So nice. Reading a cozy mystery written by one of my writing friends. Her review will soon appear right here on this blog. We had great success today with renters. The small apartment upstairs and the cottage out back have been rented by two women who seem authentic and trustworthy. Hooray….
20 Minutes a Day 