Notes - perspective /

         Late morning. You have a darken wet and rainy day for the start and have run an errand for cat litter to rejuvenate the box before your trip to Kim and Paul’s after Carol’s retirement group luncheon at Slats in Blue Ash. She is going in with Ann and you are picking her up at two-fifteen to go directly from there, thus, clothes are being packed presently. – Amorella

         1101 hours. We are coming home Saturday afternoon but the cats should be fine for two nights. I am enjoying the small Chevy rental. I like that it has On-Star road helps (audio road directions, etc.) as well as emergency service and I have fixed the radio so it sounds much better. The front seat is fine for Carol – much better for her than I thought it would be. She says, ‘it’s no Accord or Avalon but it works fine for the time being.’ Tomorrow we hope to take Uncle John to lunch at La Scala or Wind Chimes, both nearby the Methodist Retirement Center on River Road where he lives. Late Saturday morning, Aunt Ruthie’s daughter, my cousin Marilyn and two of her grandchildren from California will be at Ruthie and Tony’s house for a family gathering. Saturday night Marilyn has her fiftieth Whetstone High School Reunion (Clintonville area). Cathy and Tod, must have her reunion this year too. While Aunt Ruthie worked at the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company she stayed at Grandma Schick’s in Clintonville. Grandma Schick helped raise Marilyn. And, we are happy to see her every two or three years on her visits. Marilyn is a Spanish/English teacher in Los Angeles public schools as is one of her daughters. She spent her younger years as a stewardess on United Airlines – traveled the world and all that. She was even an extra on one of the many “Friends” episodes, sitting with her daughters in the restaurant.

         You are self-conscious of ‘talking too much’ but then this is rarely in voice with people – you feel more comfortable standing around or sitting observing the crowd and listening to individuals as the reacquaint or chat. – Amorella

         1152 hours. Amorella, I don’t know what I would do if I did not have writing as an outlet for my mind. I don’t really have much to say to people and I am not really that interesting of a person if talking out of the fields of science or literature. I love writing. It is a quiet personal activity that is intended to do no one any harm and basically presents a personal perspective to my observations about living a personal life on this planet.

         We can work on setting up Chapter Nine in near final form so it can be dropped in the file and we can move on to Chapter Ten. Post. - Amorella