July 2008
Difficult Week
04 07 08 08:14
This has been a difficult week. I’m not fully ready to talk about why, but keep Carl and I in your thoughts.
Last weekend, something wonderful happened in our neighborhood. The email flame war I wrote about in the ‘HOA Meeting’ posting a couple weeks ago resulted in another positive outcome. The email flame war started when a neighbor’s Obama sign was thrice vandalized. Because we are in a gated neighborhood, it was most likely vandalized by a neighbor. Some have disagreed with me about this assesment, but one important axiom about crime is that it is almost always perpetrated by someone close to the crime. It’s doubtful someone outside the neighborhood took the time to come back several times to vandalize an Obama sign here in Los Arroyos del Oeste...
Anyway, one of my neighbors decided to host a gathering of ‘neighbors for change’ at her place. I was able to meet a whole bunh of friendly neighbors and had my belief that there are few progressive folks in the neighborhood shattered.
A couple days ago, two of our night blooming cereus cacti bloomed... here’s a photo:
The other big event this week was Carl’s shoulder surgery yesterday. He’s in a lot more pain than he was last time they repaired a rotator cuff, probably because they also had to deal with some severe arthritis in the joint. They couldn’t do this shoulder laproscopically, they had to open him up. He didn’t sleep very well last night.
Happy 4th everyone!
Last weekend, something wonderful happened in our neighborhood. The email flame war I wrote about in the ‘HOA Meeting’ posting a couple weeks ago resulted in another positive outcome. The email flame war started when a neighbor’s Obama sign was thrice vandalized. Because we are in a gated neighborhood, it was most likely vandalized by a neighbor. Some have disagreed with me about this assesment, but one important axiom about crime is that it is almost always perpetrated by someone close to the crime. It’s doubtful someone outside the neighborhood took the time to come back several times to vandalize an Obama sign here in Los Arroyos del Oeste...
Anyway, one of my neighbors decided to host a gathering of ‘neighbors for change’ at her place. I was able to meet a whole bunh of friendly neighbors and had my belief that there are few progressive folks in the neighborhood shattered.
A couple days ago, two of our night blooming cereus cacti bloomed... here’s a photo:
The other big event this week was Carl’s shoulder surgery yesterday. He’s in a lot more pain than he was last time they repaired a rotator cuff, probably because they also had to deal with some severe arthritis in the joint. They couldn’t do this shoulder laproscopically, they had to open him up. He didn’t sleep very well last night.
Happy 4th everyone!
Grateful Journal
04 07 08 08:09
that Carl’s shoulder surgery went well
for my sweet cats Ga’peh and Cha’peh
a day off
pool parties at Bruce and David’s
visits with Jim
beautiful cactus flowers in the yard
living in a neighborhood surrounded by mountain views
neighbors for change gathering last weekend
key lime pie
ice cream