Battle over heat

 I am very cold natured and Bern is warm natured.

I'm chilly when it's under 70 and Bern is too hot when it's 60 or so.

So, this time of year we battle over the thermostat.

She always wins!

The thermostat has been at 55 all summer and is still there...until today!

I've been wearing a long sleeve shirt, a sweater and a light jacket--INDOORS--for two weeks.

Today she told me the thermostat was now set at 65!

(I'd go for 75, but we've split the difference.)

She said if she started sweating it goes back down.

Sweating at 65 degrees???

She might--she's that warm natured....

our time will come....

 A.T.'s funeral will be a week from Friday. Full service with communion,

B.S., our Sr. Warden, has put out two on-line newsletters about her, the second with moving thoughts from other church members.

I will miss her.

But, not to be morose--just factual--our time will come.

Yes it will, beloved.

Yes it will....

Death takes it's toll

 A.T. died Sunday night.

She was in her 80's (I no longer call that 'old' since I'm 79) and a dear sweet lady.

I only know her from church and visiting her in her home during her last days.

Her son has done a remarkable job of taking care of her.

He would bring her to church and leave her at the front door after saying hello to everyone back there.

She would kiss my cheek and tell me she liked my hair. A lot of people don't like my hair.

C. or someone else would help her up to communion.

She was a bright light, even during her last days.

I gave her communion in her bed, she dipped the wafer in the wine and put it in her mouth.

A few moments later, she said, "I didn't drop it!" and laughed.

Such a kind and humorous soul.

I will miss her.

I pray God welcomed her home....

Bad dream

 I was coming, as a priest, to visit a new church. MAL, a friend of many years but now dead, was the retiring priest (she never was a priest.)

We were going to a small morning prayer, but I suggested doing a eucharist and she agreed.

When we got there, the church was packed with people. I was wandering around, amazed by the turnout, when I found myself lying on a table, unable to sit up.

Two folks were there and I begged them to help me stand up for the service but when I tried to touch them my hand went right through them. They weren't real.

I found myself trying to sit up with all my strength and when I woke up I was sitting on the side of our bed, one foot on the floor.

I laid back down and covered up--it was chilly--and tried to figure out my dream.

I feel asleep before I could figure it out....

Our (NO!) your (no!) somebodies president

Ok, the trumpster is now forbidding reporters from 3 major news organizations from coming to the White House.

It's illegal and unconstitutional, but until a court makes that clear he won't relent.

I think he's losing it--not just his popularity (which is at record low) but his mind.

How our country elected this guy twice is beyond me.

Lots of MAGA folks are regretting it.

Good!

But too late.

Two more years, beloved.

Even if the Dems win the House and Senate, this moron will be President for two more v e r y  l o n g  y e a r s.

 

Friday

 So, I went to the library--took back 5 books and checked out 5 more. I do this once a week and almost always read them all.

Bern reads as much as I do.

We are two voracious readers of Cheshire Public Library.

It's a great place. There to serve voracious readers like Bern and me.

Then I went to Big Y to get stuff for dinner. Lots of seafood for tonight.

Then I read some and sat on the back porch.

I played Hearts on line and read some stories on line and looked at some on line videos.

Now I'm writing this....

Not an exciting Friday, I'll admit.

But fine with me.

Just fine.

Doctors today

 Bern and I both went to doctors today.

I saw Dr. A., she is my cancer doctor though the cancer was over a decade ago. She's wonderful! I tell her stuff I don't even tell Bern.

Bern went to our new Primary Care doctor today. She loved him--though she was less than happy with the doctor before him.

She told him everything and admitted that she told him stuff she never told me....

I don't feel so bad about not telling her stuff after hearing that.

Doctors are those who want us to keep on living and be healthy.

Thank God for them.

I go see the doctor Bern saw today in a few weeks.

I actually look forward to it after her experience.

Until now, Dr. A. is the only M.D. I looked forward to seeing.

If you feel the least bit bad, go to your doctor.

They're there for us....