Connie's Corner

The doings today

Texted with my daughter this morning and she will come down on Friday to take me to surgery pre-op (cataract). So glad, I need some moral support and the traffic in that area is horrendous. One less thing to worry about, and I so appreciate her for offering to do that.

I lost another schoolmate. He had a fall and did not recover. The three Billys in my class are now all gone, Billy Lyons, Billy Porter and now Billy Parker. Makes me think about my own "expiration date". All three still lived in my hometown in Delaware. I'm so sad not to be able to go to funerals living so far away, but all of them are in my thoughts...a lot. Another classmate, Barbara, let me know. Her son is married to Billy's daughter. Barbara and I reconnected via Facebook several years ago, and I am so grateful for that. I spent most of today painting a sympathy card for the family and just took it out to the mailbox. I haven't seen an obit yet so not sure when the funeral will be...and of course some people don't have funerals anymore, just celebrations of life.

I've had the radio on all day, listening to NPR through my local station (WUFT). The "noise" is comforting and Sundays are Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me and other funny podcasts.

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