Sociality

Getting to the blog a little late today but for the best of reasons ......... friends. I went on a long walk where I stopped and visited (one on the side of the road, another in a driveway, and some at a nursing home) with several people. I visited with eight people during the walk, from an ex-brother-in-law to a woman whose kids were friends with mine and another who made me laugh so hard tears were coming.

When almost to my driveway on the return home I met a friend who was on her way to visit me. This was around two. Another friend dropped in at three and then another at four. We had a wonderful time together, solved at least half of the world's problems and laughed and laughed and laughed. It makes your day, it does. Spontaneous get togethers are the best kind. I had no preparations made but there are always cheese, crackers and olives in the house and always something to drink. What a great afternoon.

If including a couple of phonecalls this morning, I've had the most social of days with non-stop interactions the whole day long. The mood seemed to be catching, with everyone positive and happy to see one another. As an Islander would say, "It's been a great day all together!!"

It is my one and only sister's birthday today. I remember a huge snowstorm on her third or fourth birthday. I'm seven years older so I was ten or eleven. My dad warned us not to touch the electrical lines when we were out playing. I have a couple of sister songs, Baby Sister by Damien Rice and Oh Sister by Andrew Bird and Nora O'Connor. I hope they'll do because I used the birthday songs last week. Happy Birthday, Cath.

One Year Old

I am ecstatic. I have my old version of Windows Media Player back. I really could not use the new version. My nephew is moving out west (I just packed up a bag for my daughter, LOL) and he's the last computer guy I know. He solved all of my four problems in ten minutes. He did a roll back, which I've never heard of. I am certainly glad to have the old player back. I'd made only a couple of playlists since getting the new interface.

Birthdays are in the air today. The friend who owns the candle and cernterpiece in the photo is having a birthday today and the blog has turned one year old.

I've dealt with one year olds before. They can be a bit unruly, just learning to settle into who they are with growing pains all the way. This blog is just a little slice of a little life in a big old house in a little province in a big country. I have an obsession with music and photography and the internet and it all combines to make this little slice........this blog.

One year olds also need guidance. If anyone has suggestions I'll be happy to receive them. Music requests are fun too, challenging if I'm working six days in the summer but good in the winter. I love comments and wish for more.

Music for today: Look how easy that was with the old player. Andrew Bird is singing The Happy Birthday Song. Not the one you've heard before. Song for Woody is for the other birthday today. It's from Bob Dylan and me. Putfile is just smokin' today. I've never seen it so fast.

Cigarettes?

It's four o'clock and I've had to turn on the light. Dark comes earlier and it's been overcast and has started to rain. I had a nice afternoon with company. My friend smokes so we spent a lot of time outdoors which was both brisk and crisp. It is ten months today since I quit smoking. I still don't mind people smoking around me. It doesn't tempt me. I'm pretty sure I have it beat. I still get a bit edgy at times and I know a cdigarette would take that feeling away. Those are my hardest times...those edgy feelings and knowing how easy it would be to take them away.

Music: Nervous Tic by Andrew Bird and Nicotine by Ani DeFranco.

Link: I may have linked this when I wrote a post about Van a while back but not since I started putting a daily link up. YouTube fans already know how to find these things but here are some videos of live Van Morrison. These are all put up by one person and there are many more by other people. I could watch them for hours.

Rainy and Warm - It's October

Went to visit my 91 year old friend today who I've hardly seen this summer. He is really glad I'll be available soon to take him on outings. We used to go on lots of jaunts together. He had only been off the Island once before he met me. I've taken him over the bridge a couple of times and took him to an outdoor cafe in Moncton, NB which was very funny as he thought street people might come and steal his food or something because he was very upset about it and told me to never take him someplace like that again. We've had our moments as he is very blunt and says some pretty weird things. I'll probably say weird things when I'm 91 too so I just let it go.

Fun Music for today: Candy Shop by Andrew Bird and An Occasional Man by Jeri Southern. I've been playing the Andrew Bird one a lot. It's from one of his older albums.

Link: I've always been fascinated by Meteora, Greece. I so would love to go there just to see the rocks then go to another small Island for the beaches and food. My son was married in Greece, on the Island of Paros. They had the first outdoor beach wedding ever and the mayor came to speak. The funny thing is, they don't have a clue what he said.

I've been burning cd's to try to get some of my almost 4000 songs to disc. I have 15 burned so far and am up to Bonnie Raitt. The music is filed alphabetically to the first name. I've got a lonnnggg way to go.