“Freedom”
Ahh – a nice, quiet week at home for the first time in a while, and my D was home with me as well.
I reprised my William Wallace costume for Halloween on Monday. Last seen in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia where nobody had ever heard of him.
We didn’t have much in the way of trick or treaters – no little kids at all. Diana shut it down around 7:30pm and we have a lot of candy leftover. The only cute little kids we saw were in pictures from Pacifica. Massimo was a scary dragon, Luciano a “sick skater”, and Fairy Frankie was not feeling so great.
We met Finn for sushi lunch on Thursday. He seems to be doing well and was talking about investments and 401K savings plans. We’ve come a long way. Campbell needed some comfort food and Molly’s shepherd’s pie looks perfect.
Rachel came over for dinner on Saturday night and, as is typical, entertained us with stories about her love life. The latest guy is very picky about how towels are folded, and cushions positioned. Diana’s chicken enchiladas were delicious.
Will and Christine sent out their “Save the Date” cards for the wedding in May.
You can review all the details at http://robertson2023.wedding.
We got a couple of swims and runs in, followed by coffees and snacks at Duino and Filtered. It’s nice that Diana is now joining me for the swims – we have our standing 10am Sunday session on the calendar and try to fit another one or two in during the week.
We watched one of the best series yet on Netflix over the last couple of evenings. “Inside Man” with Stanley Tucci and a wonderful performance from Atkins Estimond is highly recommended. The acting, dialogue and cinematography are all excellent.
The Cowboys have a bye week and so we’re heading out soon to see the new Julia Roberts and George Clooney movie:
I finished up “Florida” by the very creative Lauren Groff. All of the short stories in this book are great and I really enjoyed the read. Palmettos make frequent appearances in the book and I asked Diana what they looked like. Had to go to Google as a back up: “any of several usually low-growing fan-leaved palms”:
I highly recommend this book.
I hadn’t heard this excellent song from Glaswegian, Paolo Nutini, until this week. It’s been on heavy rotation.
The lyrics of this one from Todd Snider make me smile:
Let’s finish out the week with something peaceful:
Coexist peacefully, with kindness and compassion for all!