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Monday, January 30, 2023

She checked the weather on her phone and determined it was going to be warm today, but cloudy. The amount of sunshine usually made a big difference in how comfortable she was. Even a cold day with lots of sun shining in would be lovely and warm inside. She had nowhere to go today, so did not need to worry about what to wear. Since it would be warm, she would wear a pair of jeans and a long-sleeved shirt, with one of her collection of hand-knit swetaers, and a medium pair of socks, not the heaviest ones. Yesterday had been pleasant. The new church was really impressive. They had a staff of about 10 and 700 members. She and her husband had taken a tour for visitors, and they were about a dozen, including two families with children. It was fun to start getting to know new people, people with similar values, who were also new to the area. The church (actually a fellowship) was still very careful about COVID and everyone wore masks, except the minister and soloists. The music was familiar and joyous. Amelia was at our house when we got home. We ate leftovers together and sat around, each on our own devices, in companionable silence. At 2:30, we headed to the shop to join Craft Club. There ended up being 8 of us, working on knitting and sewing projects. I finished the first sleeve of my current sweater project. On the way home, we talked about ordering food, but in the end, it was still early enough for me to put together a recipe I had found the day before for black bean and zucchini and corn, cooked and put in tortillas. It didn't take long and tasted good. We spent more time trying to decide on a movie to watch. "Just choose what you want to watch. I'll just be here," Amelia said. But when we wanted to watch Everything Everywhere All at Once, it wasn't available on any of the services we pay for. Neither was Turning Red or any other Oscar-nominated movie. We found one we like called, The Book Club, featuring some actors we like, including Jane Fonda and Mary Steenbergen. Amelia objected though, she didn't want to watch a rom-com about old people. In the end, we watched The Lost City, which she had seen and enjoyed, with Sandra Bullock, and surprise! Brad Pitt. It's like Jewel of the Nile, and adventure-romance that is not at all believable, featuring an author and her cover model (Tatum Channing) who get caught up in a plot from one of her books. Daniel Radcliffe is the bad guy, and I did have some trouble thinking of him as anyone other than Daniel Radcliffe. For that matter, Sandra Bullock was pretty much still Sandra Bullock--although not the clumsy one from some of her movies.

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