The family left a few minutes after 0700 last sunday for Anaheim. It was still dark. I’m alone with Siku, the family dog.
However, life has been anything but boring. My “regular” schedule leaves me with only two days a week unclaimed. Monday is senior lunch with friends in Weed. Tuesday is class at COS followed by lunch and a movie in Mt Shasta with a friend (this week it was “Judy” – a tearjerker) and the landowners’ association board the second tuesday every month. Wednesday is blog day, food pantry in Weed, bi-monthly senior food sharing in Mt Shasta, and radio club the third wednesday of the month. Thursday is now genealogy in Mt Shasta. Friday is Paul day (something special, shopping, and the library). Add to all that some time for spinning and , of course, reading. And I plan to get back to gardening (partly at the school) come Spring.
Mark was worried that I was hermitting. Ha !!
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Mornings are getting chilly. Monday and Tuesday mornings the outdoor dog water was ice. The red maple and the catalpa are bare. The birches are still clothed in yellow but every wind takes a toll. And following every wind the ground cover of pine needles gets deeper.
This morning I posted on FB … Strange morning … COLD 18 out there, clear sky, chicken water frozen … no wind movement at all, first time this week …
Weather is definitely late fall and I’ve had a morning fire.
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A few months ago, the state of California sent out an invitation for applications to be part of a commission to redistrict the state following next year’s census. It sounded interesting. I applied. So did more than 20,000 others. I made the first cut to 2,000+. Next cut will be to 120 who will be called for face-to-face interviews and further vetting. The final commission will be chosen and ready to work in 2021.
I have the opportunity to ask for public comments. I have sent a link to family and friends. For those of you who read my blog but are not (yet) on either my email or Facebook lists … here’s the link:
https://applications.shapecaliforniasfuture.auditor.ca.gov/application/15937.html
I still think this is a great opportunity and my only disqualification might be my age. We shall see.
Oh well …
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As you are all aware, California is on fire … again. I have cousins near two of the reported fires (fires smaller than a few hundred acres rarely get reported).
So far all is well.
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This coming saturday will be the annual Hammond Landowners’ Association meeting. My term isn’t up this year so I have another year to go. My friends Neera and Craig have agreed to join me on the Board (there are four openings and if you’re nominated there will probably be no other volunteers so a nomination means a position is nearly a sure thing). Items for work this coming year will include welcoming new residents, water issues, road allocations and maintenance, a question about an eyesore fence meant to obscure a “garden”, fire protection, and who knows what else.
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In addition to the previously noted post this morning, I also posted in re genealogy.
… and feeling very sorry for a woman in Florida named Roberta who is apparently without any close family of her own for her genealogical research since she is spending her days involved with mine (and she had me marked as “deceased”). Poor woman must be very lonely. Oh well … we are admonished to share with those less fortunate, right?
Do I sound bitter? Maybe feeling crowded. Sort of like having a stranger come into your house and take over.
I repeat … oh well … poor woman.
Guess I need reminding that someday we will be the old pictures.
So … ‘til next week …