1. Vickie and Alan packed up and were on their way back to West Seattle mid-morning and so our weekend of outings and gabbin' and good cheer came to an end. I thought back to other times we've spent together: on a handful of occasions the Deke and I drove up to West Seattle from Eugene and one time we drove over from Kellogg on our way back to Eugene after a visit with Mom. Vickie and Alan came to our house in Eugene several times. Once, I remember, they were at our house when Keith Greeninger played a house concert in our back yard in Eugene and we decided afterwards that we wouldn't be hosting concerts any longer. Vickie and Alan visited Molly and the Deke and me in Portland back in 2004 when Molly was being treated for burns after her camping accident. We met up with Vickie and Alan in Bethesda back in 2015 and, in 2017, Vickie traveled by herself to Maryland and stayed with us a few nights and we had a fun day at Union Market and Atlas Brewing. Vickie and Alan also came to the Babes with Axes show in Eugene a year ago. It was fun having Vickie and Alan visit us and to remember back to all that we've done and how we've all been together at some of the memorable times in the Deke's and my life together.
2. We hosted family dinner tonight. Neither the Deke nor I wanted to heat up the kitchen much, so the only use we made of the stove was when the Deke fried pieces of chicken breast for the salad bar she assembled. As the sun went down and the outdoor air cooled off, we had a very pleasant time eating on the deck. Christy walked over for dinner. She requested a third icing for the day after she had made the walk and after sitting at the dinner table without her leg being straight or elevated. It was encouraging that she was able to make it over. Every day she makes more progress in her healing.
3. After dinner and after helping ice Christy's knee, I retired to our TV room (TV still to be set up) and used Alexa to listen to KRVM-FM from Eugene. The Soundscape show was on. It focuses on progressive rock and I thoroughly enjoyed listening to tunes by Yes, King Crimson, Emerson & Lake, & Palmer, Renaissance, The Strawbs, Jethro Tull, and Rick Wakeman. I got a little nostalgic for what I think used to be called Album Oriented Rock FM radio and the looser days before corporate playlists and the emergence of Classic Rock stations. I was happy that I can tune in to KRVM every Sunday evening at 9 o'clock and have a couple hours of the "no static at all" experience of FM radio forty years ago.
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