I'm in a mood. in These titles mean nothing.

Not a bad one. Edgy maybe. My life feels full right now. I have things to say and I think I might be able to sit still long enough to say at least some of them.

1. Thank you for reading about my brother and noting back. I like the ideas we have about the military. There is much to think about.

2. It’s a beautiful sunny day today. Cool. Fall is here. Trees are coloring up.

3. I went to my writing group on Tuesday. There were six of us and all wore masks and sanitized our hands on entry and distanced ourselves quite well. The subject was Crossing the Bridge and all six had written something. I wrote about the three bridges across the Mississippi when I was a child. One at Prairie du Chein that had a 50 cent toll. One at Lansing that was damaged and out of order. One at LaCrescent that was the only pathway to the city of LaCrosse.

4. Today I emailed a woman in the writing group who wants to hear from me. I’ve never really had an email friend but I’m hoping she and I might have some things to say to one another.

5. On Wednesday I went with Jim to a fancy dentist appointment in Rochester and we stopped on the way home to see my brother. The dentist appointment seems optimistic. It’s hard to know how much money to spend on teeth. I wish good teeth could be salvaged from dead people and put in live people. Is any branch of science or medicine working on that? I just read a long article on removing breast implants. You have to pay to have them put in and then if you decide they are making you sick you have to pay to have them removed. They say numbers are up though. I forget the numbers but they are up. Perky in fact.

6. I had a call from an old friend I hadn’t heard from in years. She and I used to go walking together. Her husband wanted to talk to Jim about farming. He called and they talked in the evening. The subject was land rents. The hint was maybe Jim could rent their land. I would sure rather he didn’t. I don’t think he will but I dislike the uncertainty. Reminds me of my dad’s story about his mother. During WWII my father’s brothers were all in the Army and my dad was home with his mother farming. An adjacent 80 came up for sale and my father wanted to buy it with one of his Army brothers. Their mother was against the idea because she didn’t think my dad would have enough time to farm both places and she didn’t want her farm to suffer. They did buy the neighbor farm and I guess my grandmother adjusted.

7. Itty bits -
   a. I’m still sleeping with Freud.
   b. Buick’s seat belt is fixed and it’s WONDERFUL.
   c. Plants are still on the deck, looking really good. If you come by I’ll give you one and tell you how to take care of it.

Bye for now. Have a lovely weekend everyone. Be good and have fun and come back please.

Last updated September 19, 2020