Edmund Charles Davis-Quinn
We have been living with one car since we moved to Connecticut three years ago.
It’s mostly not a big deal, especially since we both work at home.
But there was a free event with some music in town and a pig roast I would have enjoyed.
So it goes, getting to check out two days of tennis at the Connecticut Open next week. I still want to get to the US Open of tennis in ten days too.
And a lazy day isn’t so bad. Even when Squiggy doesn’t let me nap.
Maybe this should be a post for next week.
I bought tickets for the Connecticut Open WTA event in New Haven for Tuesday and Wednesday next week.
I haven’t been so looking forward to it. Awesome that Shop-Rite offers half price tickets.
And I’ve been to the US Open a few times including last year. Trying to see if I can swing it this year.
It’s a wonderful game live, especially on the small courts. Incredible athletes and concentration. And for a huge event like the US Open so many matches going on.
I hope New Haven is fun. I think I want to go to the US Open too if I can, despite the cost.
I do wish the drive to NYC was a lot easier. I could take the train to subway too, but that can take longer.
I keep thinking of getting more involved in politics.
I went to a fundraiser for Dan Drew for Governor tonight in Woodbridge, CT. Odd that you need to raise $250,000 to get on the ballot in CT but you can’t raise more than $100 per donor.
It was good to talk to some people, but I am much more comfortable with 2-4 people than a big crowd.
I think we definitely need to do better for everyone. And yes that means increasing revenue so we aren’t drowning in debt. In his case tolling, the Mass Pike automatic tolls are a good model. Marijuana legalization and taxation, a slam dunk. And raising taxes on the rich, which has been the opposite of what we have been doing for years.
I liked him but wasn’t nearly as inspired as the last political fundraiser home visit we had for Maine US Senate democratic candidate, Shenna Bellows, she is pure awesome. But still lost to Susan Collins.
I think I should do more. Especially in Trumpland, we need good candidates in every election from school boards to Congress. The little offices matter too.
I just finished the beautiful but brutal “The Best Day, The Worst Day: Life with Jane Kenyon” by Donald Hall. It took me two and a half months.
It’s beautiful to listen to Hall’s love for his wife Jane Kenyon. And absolutely brutal to hear about all the struggles she went through with leukemia.
It just reminded me too much of my dad’s struggles with brain cancer.
Beautiful book, but an incredibly hard read to anyone who has lost someone to cancer.
I much preferred Donald Hall’s sparer book of poems and letters to Jane Kenyon including after death “Without”. That I flew through, this was much, much harder.
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Went to the movies tonight to see “The Dark Tower”. And as we usual we bought a Coke to share, because stolen Coke tastes better, and popcorn.
Popcorn is a delicious thing, especially air popped with Kraft parmesan cheese, butter and a bit of salt.
It’s a snack I have enjoyed a long, long time. And no thank you to the weird chemicals in “butter topping” at the movies.
After being gone since Tuesday, my cat Squiggy was very happy I am home and lazy today.
He found many positions to lay on me. Between my legs, in front of my legs, on my left arm, and right arm.
He actually seemed a little hurt when I went outside to grab dinner and read.
I do plan to leave the house tomorrow and go to the zoo. Sorry Squiggy.
It’s very, very nice to be home after leaving to Bethlehem, PA on Tuesday and then being home for 30 minutes before going to a party in Cape Cod yesterday.
I look forward to taking it easy and reading.
And kitty time is always good.
I love travel, but I also love being a homebody.
I had a lot of driving today. I started at my mom’s house in Bethlehem, PA. Picked my wife in Ansonia, CT then went to a party in Cape Cod.
I do wish I was better at long driving. It’s something I enjoyed with my dad. We even crossed the country a few times.
Of course my bladder and stuff doesn’t help either. But so it goes.
Off back to Connecticut tomorrow. But it’s great to spend time with friends.
I just watched “The Founder” on Netflix. Very good, Michael Keaton is a phenomenal actor.
He plays Ray Kroc who helps franchise the idea of fast food from one McDonald’s he sees in San Bernardino, California to a national and eventually multinational corporation.
Very good story, there are a lot of hustlers out there trying to sell all kinds of things. Ray Kroc was lucky to find fast food.
I was lucky enough to hear the Brother Brothers at Musikfest in Bethlehem, PA yesterday.
Hearing beautiful harmonies is just so lovely.
It’s good for my heart.
Hear is them doing a thirty minute set. These twins are so lovely to hear.
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