Life in the Slow Lane...

5 things:

1.  Apropos of Bruce Springsteen's gig at the local Concert for Valor on Veterans Day, one of the crossword clues I looked up t'other day was "pan pipes."  Pan pipes were a precursor of the HARMONICA.  Just about every kid I knew when I was growing up had a harmonica, but only
my friend Michael actually could play music on it.  The rest of us just sounded asthmatic. 

2.   Nothing's free any more.  All those People magazines that have been piling into my mail box
(and apparently everyone else's here in this building) are not promos.  They come with a hefty bill that is deducted automatically from my bank account.  WTF?!  Trust me, I did not sign up for this,
and there's no way I would ever subscribe to that magazine, especially with the new shorter, disconnected, article + advertising format.  (Is this so they can slap the print edition online without having to change the format?) This is just one more hazard of being older than dirt.  Now I get to spend time figuring out how to get off this sucker list.

3.   The old guy who had his art studio in the entryway to his living quarters on Wisconsin Ave. when I lived in Georgetown is still there!  And still painting!  So wonderful!  So creative!  His wee shop is just a bright white doorway opening to an entry/stairway wedged between two big stores.  Door is always open, and he has a little stool and art table so he can reach the opposite wall to paint a small canvas hanging there.  What a great idea.  It made me happy to see he was still there when I made one of my trips to the Apple Store to buy a new supplement to my disabled Macintosh.  If your Mac is more than 5 years old, Apple won't consider fixing it.  They call it a "keepsake."  How bout them apples???

4.   It was raining at suppertime.....very soft, gentle drops but enough to prevent me from searching further for the laundry room entry to one of the other coop buildings across the drive.  I decided to
skip the big coop meeting being held there at 7.  Every door that could possibly lead inside over there is barricaded because of the recent cement work on the steps. If you don't know how to get in, how can you get there?

5.   You do the math.  You can buy one roll of TP for $1.50 or 12 rolls in a pack for $5.  the 12 for $5 is more economical, but when you're very old, you need the remaining $3.50 more than you need all that TP.  You can buy a bottle of orange juice!