September is over and the rain arrived last night...

Here we are in Oregon. It's raining and that makes the container garden look positively gorgeous!

This past month I was called for Jury Duty and reported in, but was not selected for a jury. The lawyers asked me if I could be unbiased in dealing with a man who drove (alledgedly) after drinking alcohol, hitting a car and injuring a mother and child? I said if he was drinking, he was guilty and the lawyer asked "Even if it is only alledged?" And I said, "They tested his alcohol level, didn't they?" He said they weren't ready to get into that yet. So I was excused.

That freed up our schedule to go down to Ashland for the Shakespeare Festival. We stayed at a great place, The Windmill Inn, which--we heard--is going condo or timeshare the first of November or when it reopens. Too bad--we liked it and would have returned. We actually didn't see any Shakespeare, most were sold out. We did get tickets to "Tartuffe" which we enjoyed immensely, it was a modern version, but not really contemporary, just updated. We also were fortunate to see "Gem of the Ocean" which is August Wilson's latest; he wrote "The Piano" and "Fences." It was wonderfully touching, with characters fully developed and we both felt it was an outstanding performance.

Coming home, we stopped at the 7 Feathers Casino for lunch and lost $4 in those dumb 1-cent and nickel machines. They have taken all the fun out of it. You can't put coins in, it's all paper, and there isn't even a handle to pull down--which was always fun! We won't try that again!

We have made some good friends from the Unitarian Church and they invited us for dinner one night. We played Kings Corners and Rummikub (that's how it's spelled on the box) and before we left, we planned to go with them to see a new play opening at the Hult in the Soreng Theatre.
So we did that last week, with a third couple we all knew, with dinner at Fifth Street Market first. Then we walked down to the Hult to see "A Body of Water," a new play by Lee Blessing which explores the relationship between memory and identity. Great for senior citizens!

Now I am working on another cookbook, this one for Our Savior's Lutheran Church. We have someone to do all the data entry; Dorothy and I are proofreading, and we hope to have it published locally and ready by the holidays. I also joined a Writers' Workshop which meets every Thursday afternoon and it has been great fun, meeting new people, and being motivated to write something every week.

Conrad is working on potpourri for holiday gifts. The roses are still blooming and he gathers all the petals from those we bring into the house. Pastor has asked him to read a Christmas program and evaluate it. Conrad said, "How can we have a program since we have no children in the congregation?" "Well," the Pastor said, "This is one with all adults." (Who knew such programs even exist?) And today Conrad signed up to go to Good Samaritan Home to help with Bingo this Saturday. More on that later!

Just wanted to bring you all up to date. You probably think we are snoozing here and growing older every day. Let me tell you now, that will never happen!

We love reading all your posts and about your activities! Let's keep this going!
Mom and Dad