Monday, November 9, 2026

Monday, November 9, 2026

 My weekend was pretty uneventful except for a few mentionable events.  First off was a video meetup with Tom on Saturday - it's always good to have a conversation with him (other than our daily text messages), especially when it is face to face.  I ended up having to cut our conversation short because I told Dawn I would go with her to a grand opening event in the downtown arts district. 

Someone purchased 3 old building near the railroad depot and they are converting them into a woodworking shop, an art gallery, and a combination restaurant and individual art shops.  The woodworking shop is up and running and they had some beautiful items on display, including several inlay tables and a giant piece of petrified tree trunk that was gorgeous! A charcuterie board making class was in session for us to watch.

I got home and got busy making a vegetable beef soup and Pat came to join me for dinner - Tracey wasn't feeling up to it. The soup was yummy.

Dawn invited me to go to the Opera House this afternoon for a free event.  We saw Dr Eric Tran, a classical concert pianist and it was all new to me. I've never been into classical music and he played several of Chopin's etudes and described to us what they were before sitting down at the piano. The music was in