Sunday 28 March 2010

Awake: 7:55am    Temp 37    sleep 7+42    sunny    overnight @ Englewood/Denver, CO.

Another surprise for me! Kathy made homemade "corn beef hash" with eggs over easy & an English muffin with homemade pear jelly from Katie. Corn beef hash is one of my favorite breakfasts if it's made correctly...& it was.....excellent!

Early afternoon, when I was searching for something in the computer desk, I found my old money clip which I used as a memo pad during the 60's & 70's. Lots of info is still stored on those pages from those yrs.

So while Kathy needle pointed, & watched her Home & Garden programs in the Murphy bedroom , I found names & phone numbers of some of my ole buddies that I haven't kept in touch with for over (30-40) yrs.

With the help of our phone book & area code changes, I called & talked with Jerry in Lincoln City, Oregon for (26) min. Turns out, he had tried numerous times thru FDX & other methods to get in touch over the years to no avail. It was exciting for both of us to chit-chat after such a long time. Now that we have made contact, we can chat more often.

Next, Tony & I were roommates during the early 60's & I introduced him to his wife, & was a member of the wedding party. Tony & I started working @ Brookhaven Laboratory, Long Island, N.Y. about the same time. We had a lot to talk about & our gab- fest lasted for a good (49) min.

Then I closed the money clip & called a young couple in PA, also RVers, with whom we usually talk frequently. Due to our busy schedule &, unless things have changed, a warning from them that only emergency calls are accepted when they are traveling, we kept our phone calling to zero.  Before they left PA however, I believe we talked once about Gregory's Baptism & we also exchanged a few e-mails along the way & that was it.  

Now that Rosemary & Gary are home from their travels, I made another call & it was great catching up on their travel adventures & other things of interest.  (29) min.

I was about talked out when my bro Don called from Ebensburg, PA. Good thing we had exciting "stuff" to chat about: tax returns, house building, our government, etc, or my jaws might have fallen asleep. Don & I talked for (35) min. I am not used to spending so much time on the phone, but today proves I can do it!  

Dinner: beef /broccoli stir fry, rice, & whole wheat bread with Mandarin organs to top it off.

Evening movie: "The Bitter Tea of General Yen" with Barbara Stanwyck, Nils Asther, Gavin Gordon, Toshia Mori, Richard Loo, etc. May seem antiquated to modern audiences, but Capra's sensuous story of American woman's strange fascination with a Chinese warlord is still dazzling; A moody, beautifully atmospheric, sensitively performed film. 1933. That's quite the description of this story; we would beg to differ, of course, but considering it was produced in 1933, no comment.

Lights out: 12:30am.