I have a bit of catch-up to do here.
On Wednesday we woke up to about a half-inch of snow, the
first of the season. I kept busy making plans for the
arrival on Monday of Robyn and Janis and on Tuesday of
Alyssum. Robyn and Janis are driving and Alyssum is coming
by train.
Book club was held at the schoolhouse Wednesday evening.
Melissa hosted it. Unfortunately, she didn't turn the
heat on until she got there, nor did she bother with the
wood stove. That meant it was pretty uncomfortable.
It takes quite a while to warm that building up. I had
picked up Julie so after we had discussed the book and
the discussion evolved into a diatribe about the public
schools, I suggested we leave and we did.
I did some more house cleaning today. In the evening Robert
went to his Cosmology Book Club at the library. They are
discussing Lisa Randall's book. The comments indicate the
book is disorganized and vague.
On Friday evening Robert went to The Future Salon which was
held at the home of Larry Lackey. David Grinspoon of the
Denver Museum of Nature and Science was the speaker; the
subject was the Fermi Paradox.
I went to the Jared Polis headquarters for a Steering
Committee meeting. We discussed strategies and I
volunteered information about our house party and also
suggested that we focus on getting supporters to the Caucus
in February. I volunteered to call people in my precinct
and adjoining precincts who had previously attended caucuses
to encourage them to go and to vote for Jared.
I picked up Ariel in north Boulder from Martha on Monday and
Tuesday. She kept pretty busy here on Monday and on Tuesday
she and I went swimming, then to Target to pick up some
Barbies and on to the dentist for me to get my teeth
cleaned. Carl picked her up at north Boulder in the
evening on both days.
Monday evening Robyn and Jan showed up in the evening
to spend the holiday week with us. We had the motorhome all
ready for them, we thought. It turned out neither the
furnace nor the oil radiator worked and, of course, we had
the first really cold snap of the season. Robert did get
them working during the day and a good thing, too. The
temperature dropped to 13 overnight.
Alyssum arrived on Tuesday and she is staying in the guest
room. She volunteered to move to the RV since camping out
was something she is used to doing. But, Jan and Robyn said
they were doing fine out there.
On Wednesday we had a session of pie making. I made crusts
and Jan and Robyn put together the fillings for 2 apple, 1
mince and 2 pumpkin pies. Alyssum was going to do the
pumpkin, but Robert spirited her away.
The table is set for Thanksgiving at Carl's and Martha's.
We all went to Thanksgiving dinner at Carl's, taking the
pies, cranberry sauce that Ariel had made, a spinach salad,
and beverages. The conversation was pretty much dominated
by little 2-year-old Beth who is both charming and
precocious. Between Ariel and Beth there was no adult
conversation which was disappointing. The dinner was excellent,
however!
Beth, the precocious one who announced after getting a flu shot that she wasn't
returning there again to be tortured!
On "black" Friday Robyn, Janis and Alyssum went to town to
have tea at the Dushambe Tea house. Unfortunately, the
place was so crowded they couldn't even get in to see the
place and there was no way they could have tea there. They
found a tea place called the Tea Spot further north on 13th
where they could have tea and watch the ice skaters on the
rink that has just recently been set up again for the winter.
They ran a few errands for me and then came on home just
missing the worst of the football traffic from the
CU/Nebraska game which, for once, CU won.
