Yes, I know. It’s been a while. Things are quiet here in Palm Springs with David and me. Saturday, David had his second Pfizer vaccine. Hopefully it will not be too long for me. The second dose process was much faster and easier than the first. The first one was in Beaumont, CA and took over three hours. Over a mile in line in the car, but the process inside was quick. The second dose was at Eisenhower Medical Center, which might give you and idea of the folks in Palm Desert. We took Frank Sinatra Dr to Bob Hope on our way and Bob Hope, past Gerald Ford and on to Dinah Shore on our way home. As you can imagine, it was very different. Valet parking, about two nurses and five volunteers to every person getting a vaccine. I am hoping that when it is my turn, it is the same process.

Yesterday David was a little more tired. More than just the usual Sunday morning. Today he is better. Still tired, but not as much. We also had a hoot this morning watching some old videos that I had digitized. I had boxes of old 8mm film and VHS tapes. There is a lot of stuff that was fun to watch. Vermont. DC. Friends who we don’t get to see enough of.

I read to David every day at around 4pm. When we were in Livermore Susan and Bill would each take two days a week. He misses that. Sometimes my voice misses that, but mostly it is fun to read. We read Caste by Isabel Wilkerson and it should be part of the High School curriculum. Then we read Dreams of El Dorado: A History of the American West. Also great. Then we started the latest Obama book, but it got too deep into details for David to follow. Concepts are often hard for him to get due to the stroke.

So We moved on to Genius by Patrick Dennis. Yes, of Auntie Mame fame. What a scream! He is so, I was going to say wicked, but really just honest. Nobody is spared, and sadly for anyone who knows me, I see bits of myself in some of his worst characters. Particularly Alastair St Regis, who is everything that you can imagine. All that layered on a schmuck from New Jersey. So much fun to read aloud.