“The rain hit the windows like rice; the fire roared hollowly; the autumn afternoon discoloured into darkness.”
The rain is pounding the roof. It is supposed to rain all day, but I’m okay with that as I have nowhere I need to go. I love to listen to the sound of rain while I stay cozy inside surrounded by warm, sleeping dogs. The day is fall hottish, in the low 60’s. The air is still. Rain is all there is.
When I was a kid, one of my all-time favorite books was Little Women. I got it for Christmas one year and got so involved with the March family I read the book every chance I got. Jo was my favorite. She was out of the ordinary. She spoke her mind. She cut her hair against all convention so her mother could travel to Washington DC to tend to her father. She was brave.
Yesterday the concert was at an adult day care. Five of us played. The audience was in a semi circle in front of us. I watched them. In the back a couple of men sang along so quietly moving lips were what gave them away. On one side three women sat. One of the woman looked especially attentive then the next minute she was asleep. She woke up a few times, listened for a bit then napped again. I think they liked the concert. We got applause from the men in the back.
I do love chocolate in all of its incarnations. I think I inherited that from my father, the king of sweets. When my parents came to visit, I always had a chocolate cream pie for my dad. He didn’t share. I had biscotti for my mother, but I didn’t make it. I bought it at the bakery. She loved to dunk it in coffee though she was never a coffee drinker. She was a biscotti eater.
I love jigsaw puzzles. When my mother was here, we’d sit by the table in the den and do the puzzle together. She had one going on the dining room table at her house. I got a new puzzle every Christmas. As I got older, the pieces got smaller and more numerous. Now I favor 500 pieces. They fit best on my table.
I knew someone who used to steal a piece of whatever puzzle my friends and I were working on. She thought it was funny. We never did.
Nala has all her toys out of the basket onto the floor. I can hear squeaking. The one toy she wants is always at the bottom. Such is life.
Explore posts in the same categories: Musings
keepthecoffeecoming.blog 
October 21, 2023 at 11:53 pm
Hi Kat,
I missed most of today due to a reaction to the Covid-19 vaccine which I got yesterday afternoon. This reaction was similar to the one I experienced with the first vaccine. It felt like a mini flu without the fever. I slept most of the day.
Today we hit 91° with high clouds. The miserable hot summer gave us one last warm day to enjoy.
I have always hated jigsaw puzzles. I have difficulty solving even the kid versions when my kids were little. I don’t have the patience to do them and I get frustrated when I can’t make the pieces fit.
Chocolate of any kind would be my last meal. 🙂
October 22, 2023 at 12:04 pm
Hi Bob,
You are the second person I know with the same sort of reaction. She too slept most of the day. I was lucky. Even though I got three shots at the same time, I didn’t have any reaction except a mildly sore arm on day 2 from the RSV shot. I’m going to schedule my pneumonia shot next.
I don’t think we reached 91° more than twice this summer. That is a heat wave.
I’ve always enjoyed jigsaw puzzles. They do take patience. First are the edges so you have a framework. Next, I spend time holding the piece, looking at the picture and then placing it on the board. I’ll have sections all over the puzzle. I could do 1000 except I haven’t the space.
I’m with you in loving chocolate.