focaccia / garlic / onions / lamb / Greek salad / big ass pineapple upside down cake.

Made a wonderful dinner tonight to serve to new friends and they cancelled. Not without good reason, and it was difficult to feel selfish after the reason became known to me. His dad died the night before, then before he could get to bed in the morning after a trying night watching his father pass away, he heard a couple of odd thumps from upstairs.

His daughter has just come home from some surgery and was lying in amongst too many hand sized clots of blood, white as a sheet and unconscious by the bathroom door. Another day in the fast lane.

It's difficult imaging a more demanding start to the day. I hope they find some peace in the next while to collect their thoughts.

We had lunch together a while back and he told me the story of his son coming out as a gay man. It was a painful story, but one with great hope for him and his friends and family. It always seems men have a tougher time with "gay". I expect that's because most men find it erotic to even consider two women together.

< big sigh > Humans are a simple sort in some ways. < /big sigh >

We tried to invite some other folks over at the last minute, but nobody was free to come. The people we knew could come for cake, we thought wouldn't eat the dinner we had made. It turns out the fellow actually eats more than just chicken and in fact likes lamb! Duh. Can't win for losing. Focaccia, quiche, a rich Greek salad with the first of the vine ripe tomatoes and a pineapple upside down cake that is so tasty!

M was off to a party just south of St. Pierre tonight. She's got some stuff going on that gurl. She's gone from being a bit of a social pariah to a butterfly. She's got herself addicted to some healthy habits over the last few months and it's showing well on her. I love having such an independent minded good looking smart daughter. I'm just sorry she has to move on with her life and let her go off and share all the fun she's having with others.

Had the telescope out tonight and what a treat. B is short but seemed interested when they came for coffee and cake, so I got a stubby stool to help! I was surprised that he wanted to go for a walk too. It seems like he should really be a more frequent bud and every time I get together with him and his wife. That feeling gets stronger every time we meet.

The clouds and the aurora cooperated to make a pretty good show of M13, the moon and the Andromeda Galaxy. We puttered around with M trying to get a party organised but had lots of good time at the eye piece too. The beauty of M13 wasn't lost on B which is a treat for me. L had been out the night before and he's a much less laid back guy and the clouds just wouldn't leave L a clear view of even a lowly view of the moon which sucks. Then again he's a bit of a hard ass, and if he doesn't have the understanding and patience to wait or try again, then he's probably a waste of time to try to expose him to the treats anyway. Life is like that sometimes.

Plus je vois l'homme, plus j'aime mon chien - Blaise Pascal

It was great to be observing with someone who was patient and thrilled with some of the sights, even if it is a slow game to play.

Got all my work calls made. Got one problem clock done, save the casing. Two more are close to being finished, but tomorrow will be a short day with a gala in the city tomorrow night.
Still 24 hours every round!
The letch. Ian.