Gordon and Margaret and the rest of the Associates participate
in the group sing following our performance at the Forwood Manor Nursing
Care Independent Living off Marsh Road (near Graves Road), negotiated by Joanne's familiarity
of the area with Robbie on this Monday evening. A delightful evening with
participatory elderly who sang the songs and truly enjoyed the visit.
So, mom loves the bird feeder and asked that I refill the depleted store of seed that had been eaten by mostly small birds and thankfully, no squirrels, to date. And I found a chair in the document room of dad's office and went out the door, rarely used, and set it up under the feeder and refilled it this morning. It was satisfying.
A call, in addition to mom's, just before Body Combat with Renee indicated that Hospice was sending one of their physician managers to do an evaluation of mom along with a nurse, Renee, one of her case managers. I left early to get back in time but they beat me there and I got to meet them in the bedroom -- Dr. Altimuro (sic), tall and muscular and Italian with a New Yorkish accent and the toothsome Renee. It was a good visit and I believe mom will be ok'ed for continued maintenance through DH. The other call, which I did not answer, came from the insurance company and the voicemail detailed that an adjuster would call and arrive in the next two days to check on the claim for water damage in the living room.
I got that call from at Dan Hathaway and he will arrive at our home this Wednesday at 1 p.m.
And I forwarded Composer's Datebook to Larry Stomberg and he responded with gratitude and the need to sign up for the e-mail. It concerned the first performance of the B-Minor Mass of J. S. Bach in this country, the first full one being New York with 500 performers and a full house. There was mention that one director send off to Europe for two oboe d'amores for historic accuracy.
Oboe d'amore by Johann Wolfgang Koenigsberger,
Roding, Oberpfalz, Bavaria, ca. 1730.
... the University of Southern Mississippi choirs and the Meistersingers Civic Chorus as they perform Johann Sebastian Bach's Mass in B Minor
A great example of how a simple, mundane exchange can lead to a revelation with a simple comment. Bought two cards -- a birthday card for Lindsay from her grandmother (only card in that category) and a congratulatory missive for Susan on her upcoming marriage -- the cost being $6.28. I asked the cashier, a young lady, whether she could compute the money returned from my $10 bill in her head without looking at the register. She assuredly said "Yes" because she was going to be a math teacher and loved the subject. We shared a few words on the basic and integral nature of math in all of life's endeavors and I mentioned my experience with a good math teacher, who it turned out also was good at spying on me and reporting to the principal but all is forgiven. We do what we need to do for our family and if it means throwing someone under the bus, well, it's hurtful but sometimes necessary. Back to the exchange, it was uplifting, almost exponential in benefit to my spirit.
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