Monday May 9, 2016

Log time: 1955

Woke to bright sunshine this morning and we enjoyed another great Spring day.

The news lately has spent considerable time reporting on the massive forest fires in Alberta.

In late Summer of 1948 I was 10 years old. It was Sunday and my parents were away for the weekend. At 0800 it was dark. At 0900 it was still dark. We did not know what was happening. My Grandmother's friend Goody Aikens who lived across the street came over and thought we might be under attack. She wanted to get her jewels and then stay with us. I escorted her while she picked up her jewels. Finally we turned on the radio and found out the darkness was caused by smoke from forest fires in Canada. We were relieved.

The smoke was so bad that they had to turn the lights on in Memorial Stadium in Cleveland. The Tigers were playing the Indians in an afternoon game. And that folks is my Canadian forest fire story.

I am back 100% on my Monday routine. Rode my bike to the Y and then did the calisthenics.

I was just getting started reading the papers when I got a call from our electrician, Phil Dougherty. Phil said he had a cancellation and wanted to know if he could come over. I said ok and got on the bike and headed home.

We are getting all the recessed lights in the kitchen replaced. Phil made some measurements and said he would get the new lights and install them soon. (in fact tomorrow) Phil also drilled a hole in a basement wall so I can extend a TV cable to the bedroom. I will move the TV to the bedroom so Debbie can watch when she comes Thursday.

I ran some errands before lunch. Stopped at Gander Mountain to look at some Keen closed toed sandals. They did not have the style I wanted. Neither did Gazelle Sports.

I had lunch and then walked over to Starbucks at the D&W store. It is exactly 1 mile from the condo. Read the WSJ and then walked home.

Finished the afternoon with a short nap.

Nancy is having some extreme nerve pain. The nerve is in the foot. She is beginning to feel better.

Had a light dinner and then took a walk around the block.

It is now 2100 and we are watching Midsomer Murders on netflix.

This day in 1938, Ossineke, Mi. Great Grandfather Sanborn wrote in his diary that it rained all day. He stayed home and put up 3 bushels of wood. His grand children David and Sister Johnson went back to school today. GGF Sanborn shot two rats and set three traps.