by Judy Handley | Oct 7, 2019 | 2019 Life Logs |
2019 Life Logs, Day 280: Laundry Day
Date: Monday, October 7, 2019
Weather: Mostly Sunny and Surprisingly Warm; High 80, Low 56 degrees F
Location: At Home in The Cottage. East Falmouth, MA
Early this morning I was off to the gym in downtown Falmouth for a pilates class. After the class, I headed to Heather and Jed’s to start my first load of laundry. Somehow with my travels last week, I ended up with much more laundry than usual. I got the first load in and then drove to Mashpee for a chiropractor appointment. Once I returned, I spent the better part of the afternoon, doing laundry loads two, three, and four. I combined H & J’s laundry with mine so I had full loads which meant more folding, but now both households have clean clothes, towels, and some bedding on my end. I spent almost an hour between two loads sitting in the sun and reading in Heather and Jed’s front yard. This day was much warmer than forecast and was just too lovely to spend inside all day. Looks like we are going to be having a few rainy days, so I figured I had an obligation to soak up the sunshine when it was available. Someone has to do it!
by Judy Handley | Oct 6, 2019 | 2019 Life Logs |
2019 Life Logs, Day 279: Fun and ‘Deliciousness’ with the Goldstones
Date: Sunday,October 6, 2019
Weather: Mostly Cloudy with Some Sunshine; High 70, Low 62 degrees F
Location: At Home in The Cottage. East Falmouth, MA
Sam, Jonah and Ollie came over for dinner yesterday evening and spent the night. We didn’t do anything special, but we did have fun. Last night after dinner the boys talked me into letting them watch Home Alone 3 and we all found the silliness very funny. This morning the boys got their 30 minutes each on Mark’s tablet which is a special treat, and then we played games, played Legos, and went down to the dock for a little water play. Somehow having water battles was more inviting than seriously kayaking, but I just let them go at it. We didn’t have lunch until 1:30 and then I took them home to get ready to go to what they call pick-up soccer. Somebody decides to invite other friends and their parents to come to the field to play soccer. Heather took the boys and played the whole game with them, and Jed came a little later. It is grant writing season and he needs to spend what seems like every free minute writing and revising. Then tonight, Heather invited me to dinner as she was fixing Afghan kaddo (pumpkin) with a tomato and ground beef sauce and yoghurt. We first had this years ago at Helmand in Boston and since then about once a year during pumpkin season, Heather fixes it as a special treat. It was delicious. Thank you, Heather.
by Judy Handley | Oct 5, 2019 | 2019 Life Logs |
2019 Life Logs, Day 278: Fiddles, Soccer, and a Goldpebble Overnight
Date: Saturday, October 5, 2019
Weather: Sunny with a Cool Breeze; High 63, Low 40 degrees F
Location: At Home in The Cottage. East Falmouth, MA
It definitely felt like fall today, so it was a great day for Harvest Fest where Ollie performed with the Sonnay Fiddlers.
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He looks so tiny compared to the other kids as he is at least five years younger than anyone that was playing today. I am amazed the number of songs he can play and he is still three months shy of taking lessons for a year. Needless to say, I really enjoyed watching him play. And I left the Harvest Fest after Ollie finished his last song and went to see Sam play soccer. His team won their game today and they were very happy. The fall season has been tough for them, so I was so pleased to see them enjoy their win today. Jonah was busy all day today, but I didn’t see him until 5:30 pm when Ollie, Sam, and I picked him up from his friend Luke’s house. I then brought the three boys home with me for an overnight with Oma. We had steak and calamari for dinner and then watched a movie together. What fun!
by Judy Handley | Oct 4, 2019 | 2019 Life Logs |
2019 Life Logs, Day 277: Home Again, Home Again
Date: Friday, October 4, 2019
Weather: Mix of Sun and Clouds; High 60, Low 40 degrees F
Location: At Home in The Cottage. East Falmouth, MA
What a wonderful week . . . meeting Lynne Kirwin in Philadelphia to visit and tour with Kevin Russell and Claire McKellar . . . driving to the Nyack, New York, area to spend the night with Lynne and her friend Jane . . . home for a night . . . going to Kittery Point, Maine, for the Celebration of Life of Rick Kole, husband of good friend Leslie Kole . . . spending time with many friends from my teaching days in Concord, New Hampshire . . . spending the night with long-time friends, Tom and Detta Porat . . . stopping to have lunch with my niece Lynn in northern Massachusetts on my way home today . . . and having happy hour and dinner with friends Bruce and Jane Woodin once back here on the Cape. Now it’s time for a good night’s sleep in my own bed. I love visiting with friends, but there is no place like home.
by Judy Handley | Oct 3, 2019 | 2019 Life Logs |
2019 Life Logs, Day 276: Celebration of Life
Date: Thursday, October 3, 2019
Weather: Mostly Cloudy; High 52, Low 42 degrees F
Location: At Home with Detta and Tom Porat, Greenland, NH
The drive to Kittery Point, Maine, went smoothly on this cool fall morning. I drove from home to Kittery Point, Maine, for Rich Kole’s Celebration of Life. It was avice t a restaurant called The View, and indeed, it offered a beautiful view out over the Piscataqua River and on out to sea. It was a wonderful to be with my friend Leslie, and other teaching friends from our days at Beaver Meadow School in Concord, New Hampshire.
Our principal, Roger Brooks, was there as well as Detta Porat and Cheryl Dolin. We listened to stories of Rich’s life told by his two brothers and his daughter Jessica and son-in-law Tom while eating delicious food and drinking wine in Rich’s honor. It was just as he would have wanted it.
After the celebration, I went home with good friends Detta and Tom Porat where we had more delicious food and talked the night away. I’ve made new friends, but kept the old, one is silver and the other gold, as song that I learned in Girl Scouts as a child good. Good advice and good friends.
