S.D.O. IS IN THE HOUSE!

Well I don't know if it's week 9 or that fact that the theme is Civil War.  But the luminaries are emerging.   Today I saw Gail Sheehy walking down the brick walk with my friend Susan.   She is here for a time each year and very often speaks although she is not scheduled this week that I know of.   Her most famous book is Passages from a number of years ago.  She has also written about caregiving older parents.

During my first or second year here, I was attending an opera in the opera house.    At intermission I stood to stretch and it didn't take me long to notice that about three rows in front of me, none other than Sandra Day O'Connor was stretching as well.   Come to find out she has a place here and is here for part of most every season.   Last year one of the most popular evening presentations was An Evening With Sandra Day O'Connor.   I admire her greatly, and she was in part what influenced me to go attend a US Supreme Court session last fall.   An unforgettable experience.  Well,  she is back for this week and attended this morning's lecture on the causes of the Civil War.    She's pretty easy to pick out in a crowd, even with a plethora of white haired ladies about.

The eating orgy continues.  Tonight I was invited to the Disciples house for Bill and Phyllis Duty's annual lasagna dinner.   It's always a good time to spend with these lovely friends of my parents.  They are the reason I'm here at all and any time with them is special.   Tomorrow night is the Italian restaurant with friends.   Nancy left a piece of blueberry pie on my step when I had gotten back.   Everyone is cleaning out refrigerators and eating up food and saying things like  "Here, take this salad (or these steaks, or this ice cream). . . . I'm never going to be able to eat it up."     Well I have news for them. . .I'm never going to be able to eat it up either!   Next year there will be no week 9 trip to Wegmans.  I'll just sit in my apartment and wait for the food to show up!

I took advantage of the beautiful day. . . the high was 70!. . .to walk around the grounds and take the pictures I've been meaning to take all season.    Some of my favorite gardens.   A stacked stone wall and steps that I'd like to copy for my house.    Shots of the Bell Tower.   The days are dwindling down to a precious few.    Full Steam Ahead.