July 30
LuLu
LuLu is enjoying the summer, finding the best sunny spot for her continuing naps, watching the birds, insects and wildlife from her various perches. She is rally into head butting me in the morning when she wants her breakfast. I did not realize that it was an affectionate gesture until I read it in my CatTails newsletter.
Taking Care of yourself
We are enjoying the increase of Farmers’ markets. My favorites are the Meridian Farmers Market in Okemos, the East Lansing Farmers Market, and the MSU Organic Farmers Market. We have purchased wonderful fruit, vegetables and flowers at these markets. We have also got goat cheese and samples cheesecakes and infused olive oil. Alan does not always like strong summer vegetables such as Swiss chard and Bok Chow, but he has learned to east them if I add some Balsamic vinegar (which I purchase form Williams Sonoma of course.
Exploring
We attended more theater in July. We traveled to Augusta to the barn theater to see Please Don’t Drink the Water by Woody Allen. Set in the early 60’s, the play shows a frictional view of a Russian incident during the cold war. It depicts a family caught up in a spy controversy. The costumes and the hairstyles were right on. Did we really wear such Helmet Hair? We also discovered a new restaurant in Augusta the Food Affair. This restaurant open for just one year is owned by a chef and his mother and has wonderful healthily food that should be supported by the community.
We also attended Bluff at the Boashead theatre. The play featured John Astin (of The Adams Family Fame). He showed he was a very talented actor in this play where he had most of the story.
We enjoyed traveling to Petoskey to visit relatives with our daughter and friend to continue celebrating our daughter’s passage of the bar exam.
Our book club discussed the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peal Pie Society by Mary Anne Shaffer and Annie Barrows, a great fictional tale of the occupation of the Guernsey Island (part of the Channel Islands off of Great Brittan). Although this subject is rather dark, the book is a delightful chronicle of how the islanders outwitted their Nazi occccupiers. Our host made a delicious Potato Peal pie for us to enjoy.
We have viewed some unusual Netflick films. One was Raggedy Man with Sissy Spacek. A fairly violent movie with a wonderful ending, I would recommend it.
Giving Back
We volunteered at the East Lansing City Market as Veggie Valets. I also continue with the church activities and as a member of the Prime Time Senior Center Program planning board.
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