1. I made two much easier and more comfortable trips to the transfer station today to recycle cardboard. I arrived just before the gate opened with my first load -- it was cool and shady and cardboard is much less heavy than trash bags filled with wet garden waste! I didn't pant, have to rest several times, or anything like I did on Tuesday.
I returned home, loaded up more cardboard and our plastic bottles and beer/soda cans and newspapers. I took the cardboard to the transfer station and, before that, the other stuff to the recycle bin at the bottom of Jacobs Gulch.
I like taking care of these things. It felt good to get our recyclables out of the garage and to take care of Christy's cardboard.
I will readily admit: I miss having yard waste and recyclables picked up at the curb - that was a benefit of living in Eugene. In Greenbelt, we had recycle stations on site at the apartment complex. I liked that, too.
But, I'm not complaining. The transfer station has no fees, it's not far away, and, at least when I've been there, it's never been crowded.
It's all good.
2. I think the collection of Lee Grant directed documentaries go off the Criterion Channel at the end of June. So late this afternoon, I watched her film about Kirk and Michael Douglas entitled, A Father, A Son, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2005).
I got called up short by this documentary.
I haven't watched many Michael Douglas movies. I haven't seen Wall Street, Fatal Attraction, China Syndrome, Basic Instinct, War of the Roses, or others. I think I saw Romancing the Stone. I saw A Chorus Line, I think. I definitely was a regular viewer of The Streets of San Francisco!
Likewise, as the documentary showed clips of one famous Kirk Douglas movie after another, I couldn't remember seeing any of them -- I've never seen Spartacus, Tough Guys, Detective Story, Lust for Life, none of them.
Kirk Douglas was at the heart of this documentary. The movie detailed his upbringing, star power as a movie star, marital infidelities, insights into acting and film making, his recovery from a serious stroke, and his inconsistencies as a father.
In turn, Grant's movie examined Kirk Douglas's sons and his wives' experiences with him and delved in some depth into Michael Douglas's career as a producer, actor, and humanitarian.
It's a deeply personal movie, chronicling the arc of Kirk Douglas's maturity over the years, his spiritual awakening, and the forgiveness that took place within his family. Likewise, the movie explores Michael Douglas's personal life and helps us see how he, too, matured over the years and how he and his father grew in their affection for one another.
3. My memory isn't, by any means, shot, but I sure do need to go back and review things often. For example, quite a few years ago, Mom had a sprinkler system installed in her back and front yard. It's getting close to the time to start running it. This evening I went out to the control box to set up a watering schedule and, I swear, despite having worked with that control panel for four years, when I looked at it today, it was like I'd never seen it before.
I put settings in place, but just to make sure I'd done it right, I watched a YouTube video about the operation of the kind of system Mom purchased.
Ah! It pretty much all came back to me.
As I write this blog post on Thursday morning, I thought the system was going to run today.
One problem.
I thought yesterday was Thursday as I adjusted the settings.
So, I didn't set the system to start on Thursday, but on Friday.
I'll find out Friday morning whether I really did things right.
Sigh.
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