Managed to get permission to practice at the local First Baptist church in Corona. Nicholas my grandson was still asleep so I treadmilled. He was up after I finished. I invited him to accompany him and he accepted.
The organ was an electric, a Rodgers. I still used it to demonstrate for Nicholas who had apparently never seen even an electric organ up close. He seemed pretty interested. He is a polite quiet little boy.
Later in the day, Eileen and I took all three grandkids to the annual bookstore visit. We give them a price limit. Then they pick out books for themselves. I usually choose an additional book or two for Nicholas. Yesterday I also chose a couple for Savannah as she is getting to the stage that she reads for fun.
It was a graphic novel adaptation of Macbeth for Nicholas and Mrs. Pigglewiggle and a cool monster book for Savannah yesterday. When I asked Savannah if she had read Mrs. Pigglewiggle she replied it was her favorite book. So we found a different volume of Mrs. Piggleworth’s many collections for her that she hadn’t read.
Later she confessed that her copy of Mrs. Pigglewiggle was very worn and falling apart. I almost wished I had bought her a new copy of that volume.
I can’t remember the title of the monster book I bought for Savannah, only that it was about famous historical monsters like Grendal and the Loch Ness Monster. [Update: Monsterologist above] It turns out that Nicholas had a copy. It seemed to please Savannah to get her own copy. It had fold outs and lost of interesting pictures and information.
I bought myself the latest Granta magazine. Wow. 17 bucks for a magazine.
Eileen spent all her time helping the kids and didn’t buy anything for herself. I forgot to call the piano technician yesterday. Hopefully I’ll remember and call him on my cell sometime today. We are planning to spend the day at Seaworld.
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Physicists Find Elusive Higgs Boson Seen as Key to Universe – NYTimes.com
Pretty good synopsis of the recent discovery.
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Remember Yucca Mountain? – NYTimes.com
One drawback to nuclear energy: what to do with the waste?
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Doughnuts Defeating Poverty – NYTimes.com
I have been reading articles about how Africa is stereotyped by the west as a country (it’s a continent) of poverty (It has some nations that are industrializing and growing like crazy). Here’s another with a broad perspective from a writer who spends time there.
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No Medal for the International Olympic Committee – NYTimes.com
Insights into the bad stuff of the Olympics: elite guidance and rampant commercialism.
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A Carbon Tax, Sensible for All – NYTimes.com
Sensible? Yes. Probable? Not so much.
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