Meghan and I visited the dude, then went out for an anniversary dinner.
Finished rereading Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke, about the return of English magic during the Napoleonic era. This massive book proceeds at an appropriately stately pace, but the intensity ratchets up a notch every time the gentleman with the thistle-down hair appears. In addition to her well-crafted writing, Clarke’s footnote game is top-notch.
And I am already weary.
Tonight we had one (1) trick-or-treater (Iron Man, age 4).
Went over to Mom’s to see her, and help her deal with a jury duty summons.
Had Mom over for dinner last night.
Thinned and organized our accumulation of cables.
Voted.
Traveled to the Bay Area with both kids and Meghan’s mom, for a wedding. (Meghan’s niece, one of the flower girls at our wedding!) It was a good time.
Half Moon Bay.
Prickly pear and persimmons in the back yard.
Had Mom over for dinner tonight. We should see her more often.
Meghan and I went to a fundraiser dinner for the local botanical garden. Kind of fun to see how the other one percent lives.