Disappearing Act!

From the top, Salvador, who lives with his mother, Lori, in Peru, visited in shifts by our friends, grandparents Rhoda and Mark; Paul and Justine in Paris; grandchildren of our dear friends Michèle and Raymond; and finally, the only grandchildren we have met! They are Rafaella, Noemi and Shayna, the children of Josh and (a different) Lori.

Dear Friends and Family,

I wrote a blog today but somehow lost it: the mysteries of blogging! I suspect it is somewhere in the vapor, and perhaps even accessible, if I knew what I was doing. Dave is here to help Merwin with the pumps downstairs (Hurricane Irene is still with us in spirit!). Perhaps he can find the other blog.

I have finally cleared off a space for the computer to move to the other desk. I cannot say I have looked at every sheet of paper—something I had wanted t do. Once the computer is moved, I will be able to get my feet up and avoid the pain and tingles. And perhaps I will continue to go through the papers. Perhaps. Help would be nice, but what a lame job to ask anyone to do. That is, to read names of writers of various items, xeroxes and such while I check the website to see where they belong.

We have had a plethora of inconveniences, in addition to the residue of Irene. Our TV went dark, mostly, leaving us with only a few channels. No movies, no 24 hour news channels. We had to watch the Senate meetings or nothing. Not that listening to our Senators is uninteresting in the abstract sense, but in the concrete, listening to these people can be tedious and bewildering. When Republican after Republican gets the floor to speak about the pros of doing something—and no democrats do—I am suspicious, though I cannot say what is wrong with the idea. Then 61 Senators voted for a measure I approved, yet the proposal seemed to need yet another vote. Why? The other inconvenience was I think a first: no NY Times. Yikes! It'll come tomorrow.

I had a visit today from Doris, and I whipped up some macaroni and tuna fish for our lunch. Sonia makes a lb for a week's use for various. Easy. Add some canned tuna, celery chopped up, onion, mayonnaise, capers. We all enjoyed it. Doris took me for my walk (I think it lasts about 10 minutes, including frequent stops), and then I collapsed on the couch. Doris say that she should leave at that point, but it was a good time for her too. I miss Sonia, who was not here today.

Later, Laury came over and read my chapter on Ninagawa's Macbeth while I rested on the study couch. She wanted to compare the version she saw at the library with what I wrote. We now think she may have seen the second version, which I also saw but did not write about.

Now Dave is here, and he cannot solve the problem of my lost blog, and he wants to chat, so I will say goodnight!

Love to all,
Bernice





We have had a couple of inconveniences these days.