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10/15/2003 Archived Entry: "RAMBLINGS"

RAMBLINGS

No order of events here.

This morning I called Festival Distribution, Inc. in Canada that handles Susan Crowe's and John Reischman's music. (Toll free call: 800.633.8282) I talked with Paul Norton who was delightful. Each of them has a new CD. Susan's is "Book of Days" and John's is "Field Guide". I have all their music and was very happy when Susan told me a couple weeks ago that she had finished Book of Days. When she and Heather Bishop were here a year ago for a concert in Abilene, they spent a week with us and that was a lot of fun. Susan was working on Book then. The house was filled with music and laughter. Anyway, as Paul and I were visiting, I asked if Linda Kidder had recorded anything new...like she has yet to record "Over the Rainbow" for me! He said he was seeing her tonight so we reconnected again. That's always good. Many of you will recall that Susan, John and Linda performed a very memorable concert in the PAC several years ago.

Eating too much at the Mongolian BBQ in Salina is a given. Usually it just strikes me as too much food, but it was nice this evening. There were lots of steamed crab legs with drawn butter, stuffed mussels, and that seafood casserole I like. Their hot and sour soup is always good. After that, I'm about ready to quit...but I continued. It was easy to make a few additional selections then hit the fruit bar.

Today was a perfect day to visit the zoo...so I did. One of my architect friends and I have been friends since we were old enough to walk and as since we always have things of mutual interest to talk about, we headed to the zoo to walk the walk. We talked to the workers putting the finishing touches on the bobcat exhibit. Like all the other exhibits, it was being done with a lot of class. In the center of the exhibit is a "thing" resembling a miniature water tower. Well, like the top of one...a cylinder with a pointy top. I asked what it was, since I couldn't figure out what it was. They said it was for the children and that there is a tunnel under it that extends outside the fence. Kids can climb through the tunnel and stick their heads right up there in the center of the play area for the cats. How clever and how much fun that must be for kids to be so close to the cats yet so safe.

I also got rid of three large garbage bags full of paper towel and toilet tissue rolls that I collect for the animals at the zoo. They use them to fill with food to challenge the animals.

I hadn't seen the Sundowner West mobile home park in years so we drove through that. It was a lot larger than I had remembered. We stopped in the new service station and convenience store by the highway to look around and walked around the old Outpost Restaurant and peered in the windows. We just explored the area and it was fun.

I came home tonight to find the youngest and tallest grandson on my computer. It seems his printer ran out of ink and he needed to get a paper printed for school tomorrow. We visited awhile and I always like that. He's a great conversationalist.

I thought I missed West Wing, one of the few TV shows I watch. I really like that one and I learned it was preempted by a baseball game. Great! I missed the baseball game and still have a chance to see West Wing. What a propicious turn of events.

Tomorrow I have a meeting after lunch that will last most of the afternoon. About the same time, Brit and I have an old friend coming from Liberal to spend the night. She comes every year about this time so we have a lot of talking to do. Friday I head to Topeka for a meeting and a little gathering the Gov. is having. Saturday, I'm going to Wilson to have lunch with a friend and see his straw constructed duplexes. So goes my week...

The biggest event of all transpires Nov. 2nd when my middle grandson has his Eagle Scout Award Ceremony. He's been waiting for Kyle West to finish all his requirements so they could go through the ceremony together. I am one very proud grandma. That is a huge accomplishment and I am very proud of both of these young men.