Oh, does it never stop? No! We keep a grueling pace of fun around here! It's who we are! We can't help it! Here's latest:
Uh, we went to a lecture. We drove all the way to Sacramento in the middle of the day, yesterday, to hear a lecture. Well, not just any lecture, of course. It was Garrison Keillor. And, yes, it was fun (I keep forgetting I can italicize words). That kind of quiet, warm, friendly fun. He is promoting his latest Lake Wobegon book, "Liberty", and read from it and also some old and new sonnets he's been writing. We like him. Having listened to him on the radio for the last, oh, 27 years, it was very fun to see him in person. Didn't buy the book, but enjoyed the experience in the lovely restored old Crest Theater about a block from the Capitol building. Then we walked a few blocks for some nice food at a sidewalk cafe in the City of Trees.
Got home just in time to head off to choir practice. We're working on the choral parts for Beethoven's Ninth, which we'll sing (in German) with another choir and orchestra in Sacramento in October. It has some rather intimidating sections, but I will overcome! Need to get my black outfit together, as well. Very long. Very serious. But, fun, too.
Tom is attending his first Night Sky class at the community college, at this very moment. Thought it might be fun, especially since the sky is so cool up here and also, we have this amazing telescope to use. Took his little planisphere and off he went! More on that, later, I'm sure. By the by, have you noticed Jupiter up there this year (it's in Sagittarius in the southern sky, these days)? So pretty!
You have to look at these videos! It will be fun, I promise!
Here's the first: It's a video of Griffin, youngest son of Joy and Marcus (Joy is Tom's sister's daughter) watching Olympic gold-medal winner, Nastia Liukin perform the floor exercises on TV. It's pulling well-deserved huge Youtube hits! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-WOYBoK-SY
Next, fun with water! Seriously, this is wonderful! I love this thing! Got it from a calligraphy newsletter, today. http://videos.komando.com/2008/08/19/water-painting/
Last, for now, is so cute and funny, your teeth will hurt. Get ready! (this one was forwarded by Ruth)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2V1hOeQCp4c I can't get enough of this one!
And, now, a couple more of the goofy puns that Al sent last week. I decided, in the interest of safety, that it was best to dole them out gradually:
"A vulture boards an airplane, carrying two dead raccoons. The Stewardess looks at him and says, 'I'm sorry, sir, only one carry on allowed per passenger." (think about it...)
"Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly, so they lit a fire in the craft. Unsurprisingly, it sank, proving once again that you can't have your kayak and heat it, too." (ooh, sorry!)
And now it's time for me to go have a little fun with the Ninth. Well, maybe "fun" isn't quite the word, this time...
