Early Morning Run

It is no secret that I do not care to run outside. The roads are hard, and there are inclines here and that that turn into mountains as far as I am concerned. However, on early Sunday mornings when the temperature allows short sleeves, I can not resist. No one was out and about. My only company turned out to be the shiny yellow and blue newspaper bags yet to be picked up. Thanks to our nifty paper person, I read the Beacon well before 6:00. But then I am a morning person.

A Few on Friday

We are going to see the "Bee" tonight. It should be fun. I won the spelling bee at my school in eighth grade. Too bad I had to have my tonsils out, and missed the opportunity to become the national winner.
Yesterday was one of my favorite days of the year. The flowers showed up at Marc's. That tells me the bad weather is over for this year.
My order from Burpee came today. I am becoming a regular farmer. Well, I was born in Ashtabula County.
The new Diana Krall CD arrived today from Amazon. Quiet Nights is very cool. It was a great mail day.
I did a good deed today. My neighbor's mail blew out of their mail box and into our yard. I collected it and put it back.
I went to Zumba today. Did I ever mention how much fun this is?

Rita, Mary and Selling Out for a Good Cause

After having a wonderful time with relatives last week, I had to entertain myself this week by heading back to area public libraries. On Thursday evening my friend Kay and I attended a presentation by Rita Dove at the Hudson Library and Historical Society. We enjoyed her poetry reading. What a master. There was time for Q and A after. Someone asked what she did during her Sesame Street appearance. She said she chatted with Big Bird. She was introduced as the Poet Laureate. Big Bird said, "Hi, Laurie."
On Saturday I traveled to Portage County. The Ravenna Public Library hosted a lady portraying Mary Todd Lincoln. During her Q and A, I wanted to ask if she had ever heard of William Morris Stewart, since she seemed so knowledgeable about that time period in Washington D. C. However, I kept my mouth shut.
We have a sign in our yard for three weeks advertising our house painters. We thought this was a great idea, because they gave us a $25 Borders gift card for allowing this.

Happy Birthday

Two very important people share a birthday today. Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743. Two hundred thirty nine years later Matt Dillow arrived. We wish our military son-in-law a very happy birthday. Here he is pictured with his father a few years ago.