sumac leaves in fall

I spent a pleasant hour at the Arch yesterday morning. It was sunny and warm enough. I brought some cookies with me. But there only 3 or 4 others. In fact, I was alone at one point, with the sign that says, "We are the 99 percent." I was kind of embarrassed. I wanted to change it to "I am the 99%," not that that makes any sense.

I met Becky, her friend Teresa and her daughter Amanda for lunch. I had a tuna melt. I had to leave before I finished it all, because the service was slow and my OLLI class started at 1. It was enjoyable, but I do get frustrated. All the people there are smart and educated, and pretty liberal. But they say things like, "people aren't willing to make sacrifices to have solar panels." I point out that I have neighbors with solar panels and they have a refrigerator and a TV; they don't need to make sacrifices. Ann said she wanted to put solar panels on when she did some renovations, but she would have had to cut down a lot of trees, a definite concern in the South, with its long hot summers.

After class, I went by my Dad's and visited with him a bit. Then I went to Earth Fare and picked up some groceries. I spent some time in Ray's parking lot, until he was ready to go. We were home at a reasonable hour and I didn't need to make supper--I had thawed some chicken curry. Ray cooked some rice and that was dinner. We were watching TV before 7 and in bed by 9. Unfortunately, I could not sleep and tried changing places, activities, and even nightgowns.