by Judy Handley | Nov 8, 2023 | 2023 Life Logs |
2023 Life Logs, Day 312: Encore Board Meeting, More VOW Prep
Date: Wednesday, November 8, 2021
Weather: Sunny with a Chill in the Air; High 52 Low 34 degrees F; Sunset 4:30 pm (-1 min)
Location: At Home on Lakeview Avenue, Falmouth, MA
There was a north wind chill in the air today despite the sunny skies. Yesterday was only 8 degrees warmer, but the wind was from the south and it felt much warmer. Despite the chill, after a morning long Encore Board meeting, Shadow and I went for a nice, long ‘city’ walk on the streets in our neighborhood. It is wonderful to be able to walk again. It is not without pain, but now that the bursitis in my hips is temporarily under control, it is my knee that gives me the most trouble on long walks. I do still have tingling and some numbness in my legs from the herniated disks, but it seems to be getting a bit better. I am also on my recumbent bike every night for about 45 minutes and I think that is helping.
In between activities, I did a little more prep on my Voyage of Windbird presentation. The last changes have been made and I will give the presentation in the morning. I dropped Ollie off at his sax lesson late this afternoon and then Heather, Jed, Sam, and Jonah picked him up and they were off to a Boston Revs soccer game.
by Judy Handley | Nov 7, 2023 | 2023 Life Logs |
2023 Life Logs, Day 311: Trivia Night
Date: Tuesday, November 7, 2021
Weather: Mostly Cloudy, Rainy; High 60 Low 37 degrees F; Sunset 4:31 pm (-1 min)
Location: At Home on Lakeview Avenue, Falmouth, MA
So I thought I had my Voyage of Windbird presentation completed yesterday. But no. I spent my entire morning making a few changes. I then had an afternoon Encore meeting, drove home to play outside with Shadow for just 10 minutes, and then I was off to an Encore Trivia Night. I do not like Trivia because I am terrible at it. But I decided to be a good sport and go tonight. I was almost no help to my team until it came to a tie breaking question. Our team was vying for second place, and I finally knew the one answer that kept us in the running. It was something I had read in The Morning, the NYT online news overview I read every morning, I’ll keep reading The Morning even though I have no plans of playing trivia again!
by Judy Handley | Nov 6, 2023 | 2023 Life Logs |
2023 Life Logs, Day 310: A Day at Home
Date: Monday, November 6, 2023
Weather: Overcast, Rainy; High 52 Low 50 degrees F; Sunset 4:32 pm (-1 min)
Location: At Home on Lakeview Avenue, Falmouth, MA
Learning to live with longer mornings and shorter afternoons is a chore for a night owl like me. But I gave it my best try today. I spent way too much time working on my latest jigsaw puzzle. It has been sitting on the puzzle table in my living room since late August, but until the past few days, I had made very little progress. I must promise myself to not walk near that table tomorrow. Thirty minutes can pass, and I have only placed four or five pieces. I really have work to do tomorrow, so no puzzle. But this puzzle is teaching me about patience. I finished making changes to my Voyage of Windbird presentation today, worked on some Encore business, and did some cooking. That’s about it for my day.
by Judy Handley | Nov 5, 2023 | 2023 Life Logs |
2023 Life Logs, Day 309: Fall Back
Date: Sunday, November 5, 2023
Weather: Another Lovely Fall Day; High 60 Low 40 degrees F; Sunset 4:33 pm (-1 hr, 1 min)
Location: At Home on Lakeview Avenue, Falmouth, MA
Today was all about the change from Daylight Savings Time back to Standard Time. That meant a ‘fall back’ of one hour during the middle of the night. I got an extra hour of sleep, but the day ended with sundown at 4:30, instead of 5:30. Ouch. From now until winter solstice, we will continue to lose daylight hours. The ‘fall back’ was sadness for me, but joy for others like my daughter who loves the earlier sunrise.
I did more house cleaning this morning, had Heather and Ollie meet me at the cottage to pick up my kayaks and store them here for the winter, walked along Falmouth Heights Beach with Shadow, and did a little more work on my Voyage of Windbird presentation. Basically, I just enjoyed another lovely fall day.
by Judy Handley | Nov 4, 2023 | 2023 Life Logs |
2023 Life Logs, Day 308: Beautiful Fall Day
Date: Saturday, November 4, 2023
Weather: Mostly Sunny and Warmer; High 59 Low 44 degrees F; Sunset 5:34 pm (-1)
Location: At Home on Lakeview Avenue, Falmouth, MA
Shadow and I just enjoyed this glorious fall day. I did house cleaning interspersed with walks with Shadow. I have nothing to show for the day, but I sure enjoyed our sunset walk. The time changes tonight, so that walk will have to happen an hour earlier starting tomorrow. I am going to hate that, so I enjoyed every minute of late afternoon daylight today.
by Judy Handley | Nov 3, 2023 | 2023 Life Logs |
2023 Life Logs, Day 307: BTEO, VOW Presentation, Garden Tour, Covid and Flu Shot
Date: Friday, November 3, 2023
Weather: Mostly Sunny and Windy; High 53 Low 50 degrees F; Sunset 5:35 pm (-3)
Location: At Home on Lakeview Avenue, Falmouth, MA
My dad, Hayes Winfred Martin, was born on this day in 1903, 120 years ago. That seems almost impossible to me. But then he died 50 years ago in 1973, and that also seems impossible. But those date facts don’t lie, it is just my memories that make it all so difficult for me to wrap my head around.
I started my day with a meeting with the Development Director of Belonging to Each Other (BTEO). This is an organization in Falmouth that supports homeless adults. It is quite an impressive local organization, and I was happy to learn more about it. I then had a couple of hours to work on editing videos for my presentation last week. I am still struggling to do the editing, but I am learning.
Mid-afternoon, Lynda Onthank and I went to visit the gardens at Kate Eldred’s home.
Kate has a mostly shady yard, much like the yard here. Kate has an amazing knowledge of plants.
I will have to visit many more times to absorb it all, but this was a wonderful introductory tour.
Plus, we got to meet her 10-month-old Bishon/poodle mix named Natasha. Kate calls her a wild thing, but he is incredibly cute.
I ended my afternoon at CVS in Mashpee getting my flu and 2023-2024 Moderna Covid vaccinations. In the past I have had a strong reaction about 12 hours after the Covid injection that lasts about 6 hours. If it happens as it has in the past, it will be at 5 am and by tomorrow afternoon I should be fine. I hope.
