The sun is hidden. The air is chilly. It will stay cloudy all day and won’t get beyond the 50’s. A wind moves even the tallest branches. I have no plans for today. The rest of my week is going to be busy so I’m designating today a sloth day.

Last night I watched B science fiction movies. One was Reptilicus. Most of it was shot in Copenhagen. Two men accompanied a woman to dinner In Tivoli Garden. In the restaurant, the entertainer sang Tivoli Night. I looked up the song on YouTube. It was a clip from the movie but it wasn’t a clip from the movie. The scene was the same, the singer was the same as were the diners in back including one smoking a cigarette. The only change was the woman with the two men. She was dark haired instead of the blond in the movie. I found that confusing. Why go through all that trouble?

I found pine needles all down the hall then I found the branch, chewed into small pieces. Nala had again brought the outside inside. Later I was with the dogs on the deck and caught Nala with another branch she was trying to get through the dog door. I threw it into the yard. She went after it so I threw it out of the yard over the fence. She gave up and went inside.

When we moved to the cape, my father bought a color TV set. I remember watching Star Trek in color for the first time. I got to see the doomed red shirted crewman before his demise. After a while, the colors of the TV began to fade. My father blamed the cable. All the colors were washed out. The doomed red shirted crewman disappeared. My father kept blaming the cable, but they came out and found nothing wrong. Finally, my father gave in and bought a new TV. The colors were brilliant. The doomed red shirted crewman was back but only until the away mission.

I miss my mother more than I can say. I wished her a happy Mother’s Day this morning. I believe she heard me.