October 19, 2026

Happy Birthday, Christine.

What a beautiful day.

Lunch in Sunderland with David and others.  He had just been picking apples and had boxes in his car.  He brought out and counted with this little girl who took four and placed them in her wagon with her Mom.  It was so sweet.  The apples were a bag of gold for a lot people young and old.  

Stunning, perfect, blue and just a little warm while the sun was still up.

I slept through a lot of the afternoon.  But while I was a wake I felt present and not banged up against a wall.  

 

I went down to the canal after 4.  I saw 1 swan and many geese and a few mallards.  I didn't get any writing done nor did I solve any of my problems like the one about needing a stove.  I need a stove.  I need a source of income.  I need to zero in on a place to have a consistent writing schedule.  And I need to put my application in for fuel assistance.  YUP.  That's what I need.  

I loved being at the Y today.  I'm trying to expand my schedule there and get more air and fluid pumping through the bottom of my spine and into my right hip.  It is very difficult to walk with the pain and that instability.  I love the fact that the kidney work has improved my brain, but it did not impact the arthritis.  It needs to be addressed.