It's been an interesting week—started with a band concert...Eustacia came home...I started knitting with stainless steel yarn...I had long talks with good friends...I bought shoes...I went to band rehearsal...I may go to a movie tonight...I may help a bride-to-be make wedding earrings tomorrow. And so the week ends, and I give you a video from Sunday's concert. The soloist is Ron Barkett, a local baritone—you won't see much of me in this video because I'm directly behind him..
You know I occasionally check my hometown newspaper's website to scan the obituaries (morbid, I know, but I'm at that age). Over this past weekend, I read the obituary of Indiana State Senator Anita Bowser . She was a noted Democrat who championed causes protecting the neediest in the state's population. She was respected on both sides of the aisle for her intelligence and plain and outspoken approach to law making. The picture on her senate page is lovely. I remember none of those things about Anita Bowser . My first year or so in college was spent at a branch of Purdue University, and in the early 80s, Anita was a political science professor. She taught my American Government class my freshman year, and she was a mess. Somewhere in my old text book, I have a sketch of her drawn on a particularly dull day in class--her hose sagged at her ankles, her slip showed at least half an inch all the way around, her hair had been slept on but not brushed, and her bright red lip stic...
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