by Judy Handley | Sep 6, 2025 | 2025 Sailing Logs |
2025 Life Logs, Day 249: Happy 22nd Anniversary to Heather and Jed
Date: Saturday, September 6, 2025
Weather: Sunny and Windy; High Temp 77, Low 68 degrees F
Location: At Home on Lakeview Avenue with Shadow and Justin, Falmouth, MA
Today was a delightful day spent with Justin and Heather, Jed, Johan, and Ollie. Justin and I started our day by walking Shadow and Archie, the friend’s dog I have been walking this week. Then Justin and I went to the rally on the Green for a bit. Justin got volunteered by me to build a website for our new Indivisible Falmouth chapter, so I wanted him to meet some of the people who will be using it. He also learned of news from Puerto Rico he had not heard. Our War Department is sending fighter jets to Puerto Rico to combat drug cartels in the Caribbean. This is in addition to the troops we have sent there in the past few weeks to train in the mountains in readiness for topical warfare. I knew none of this.
We then changed gears and drove to Woods Hole to spend the remainder of the afternoon visiting with Heather and family aboard Ardenna. There were white caps in Great Harbor, so we did not venture out to sail in the Sound. But Justin, Heather, and Jed enjoyed jumping in the water. It was colder water than Justin is used to, but it was a warm enough day that it felt comfortable after that first plunge.
This evening we had a sushi dinner at Heather and Jed’s. We all enjoyed the homemade sushi and for dessert we had a raspberry flan Justin and I bought at the French bakery for the anniversary celebration. Some of the raspberries were filled with raspberry gelee and they were delicious. And Justin learned to use the Goldpebble’s racing wheel setup to drive racing cars using one of their Xbox games. It was a fun evening together. Happy Anniversary to Heather and Jed.
by Judy Handley | Sep 5, 2025 | 2025 Sailing Logs |
2025 Life Logs, Day 248: Justin Arrived
Date: Friday, September 5, 2025
Weather: Partly Sunny; High Temp 76, Low 77 degrees F
Location: At Home on Lakeview Avenue with My Shadow, Falmouth, MA
This morning I attended an organizational meeting for our new chapter of Indivisible here in Falmouth. I am excited to help build this new chapter and thought we had a very productive first leadership meeting.
When I got back home, I got things ready for Justin’s visit, went to the grocery store to fill my almost empty refrigerator, sent some long overdue emails, and delivered checks to the library before heading to Boston to pick Justin up from Logan Airport. His plane was on time and I was just entering the airport when he called to say he had arrived. It was 5:45 pm, so instead of heading straight home and sitting in rush hour traffic, I took Justin to dinner at The Helmand, an Afghan restaurant in Cambridge. I love that restaurant and haven’t been there for years. We were early for our reservation, but we were seated immediately and had a delightful dinner. We had absolutely no traffic on the way home and then Heather dropped by to visit for a bit. It was wonderful to have the time together with my two children.
by Judy Handley | Sep 4, 2025 | 2025 Sailing Logs |
2025 Life Logs, Day 247: More Meetings, More Progress
Date: Thursday, September 4, 2025
Weather: Sunny; High Temp 71, Low 63 degrees F
Location: At Home on Lakeview Avenue with My Shadow, Falmouth, MA
Today was another full day of meetings. One more meeting in the morning, and then I head to Boston to pick up Justin at the airport. No more meetings until he leaves on Tuesday. Just a weekend of fun.
by Judy Handley | Sep 3, 2025 | 2025 Sailing Logs |
2025 Life Logs, Day 246: Head Spinning Day
Date: Wednesday, September 3, 2025
Weather: Sunny; High Temp 71, Low 56 degrees F
Location: At Home on Lakeview Avenue with My Shadow, Falmouth, MA
This was a head spinning day. Walked 2 miles with Shadow and Archie, worked on developing material for an Indivisible Falmouth website that Justin is building together for us, met with the Program VP of Newcomers to find new ways to promote each other’s programs, wrote a new one-page promo describing Encore’s programs for this year to hopefully be printed back-to-back with the Newcomers’ program list that will be distributed at next week’s Activity Fair, met with the Library Director about the nonviolent film series I am trying to put together and actually set dates and have the availability information of some of the films on our list, talked with my sister’s Power of Attorney to discuss changing her investment management company, went to get passport photos taken so I can renew my expired passport, all the while preparing for another day of meetings tomorrow. Right now, I have ceased to be able to think straight. So, I am headed to bed!
by Judy Handley | Sep 2, 2025 | 2025 Sailing Logs |
2025 Life Logs, Day 245: First Day of School 2025
Date: Tuesday, September 2, 2025
Weather: Sunny; High Temp 72, Low 53 degrees F
Location: At Home on Lakeview Avenue with My Shadow, Falmouth, MA
Sam had his first day of university classes yesterday and Jonah and Ollie had their first day of school today. Jonah is a junior at Falmouth High School and Ollie is in 8th grade at Lawrence Middle School. Heather documented the first day with early morning photos.
I did not have an exciting day, but I did get a fair bit of work done. I started my day with a 2 mile walk with Shadow and Archie. Shadow is completely black and Archie is white and half the size of Shadow. They make a striking couple. I had a Library Trustees meeting, took care of some Library Trustee Treasurer tasks, read though materials for the Massachusetts Democratic Convention that is on Saturday the 13th. I am going as an alternate delegate for the first time. I worked on Encore tasks. And then I took a break and went to a movie with a friend to see My Mother’s Wedding. It was not the comedy/drama we expected. Neither of us found it comical. Not a movie I would recommend, but it was a much needed diversion from work.
