~Saturday~ I finally watched Adele’s Live at The Royal Albert Theater today on Jen’s big screen TV. Wow! I loved her set-up to her dedication to Amy Winehouse of Make You Feel My Love, about which she said, “I’ve song this song every night since she died.” She became overwhelmed with emotion at the end … Read more
~Thursday~ Last night I picked up my new glasses. All during the day today, I kept seeing a distracting, very thin line in my left lens that looked as if, perhaps, I had an eyelash across my eye. In the evening, on my way to Jen’s, I stopped back into LensCrafters and explained the situation … Read more
~Tuesday~ I caught the city bus into work this morning, and as I exited my stop, a man was running toward me to catch the bus, which was now behind me and waiting for him. I just started laughing as I heard the announcement that plays when the bus is stopped and the front door … Read more
~Sunday~ Robert and I saw the 2:10 screening of Shame at the Carolina Theater in Durham today. Driven by a brilliant, ferocious performance by Michael Fassbender, Shame is a real walk on the wild side, a scorching look at a case of sexual addiction that’s as all-encompassing as a craving for drugs. My reflections on … Read more
~Saturday~ I went to the nearby $1.50 movie for the 10:10 PM showing of J. Edgar, where I found for the second time in a row that the ticket price was $2.00. I think it’s safe to say that it’s no longer “the $1.50 movie.” Which is not to say that $2.00 isn’t a bargain, … Read more
~Saturday~ Two things I didn’t understand today—one about food, and the other about clothes. Let’s start with the food. I don’t understand how the product in the first row can be used to make the product in the second. How can an ingredient that has 120 calories per tablespoon be the main ingredient in another … Read more
~Wednesday~ My left knee (not to be confused with My Left Foot) started hurting “something terrible” (as they say down south) last night, and it wasn’t much better this morning. I was out of ibuprofen so I ran to the store to get some. Imagine my delight when I got home and read these instructions … Read more
~Tuesday~ At the beginning of this month, my friend Hugh Hollowell posted a video on Facebook called, 23 and 1/2 hours: What is the single best thing we can do for our health? If you haven’t seen that very compelling 9-minute video already, go ahead and watch it. I’ll wait. Can’t make the investment right … Read more
~Monday~ “My day was very good,” I said as I stood alone, or so I thought. “What made it very good, as opposed to just plain good?” asked a nearby person who heard me as she was walking by. “Well, one thing was that I enjoyed today’s word from the A Word A Day website,” … Read more
~Friday~ I had my annual eye appointment yesterday, and as expected, my eyesight has deteriorated slightly—all within the normal parameters of someone “aging”—but the “health” of my eyes was “fantastic,” according to Dr. Beautiful. The technician who took pictures of my retinas didn’t do a good job and after the doctor saw them, he ordered … Read more