1. I was grateful today.
I spent a quiet day at home, alone until Debbie arrived home, and meditatively thought a lot about the election results, the USA, North Idaho College, and all the other things that inevitably occupy my mind after such a momentous day.
Some years ago, I began to find this blog, Facebook, and other social media sites frustrating and unsatisfying for discussing perspectives on government, policies, and elections. I enjoy private conversations, especially with Debbie, and emails/messaging. And that's it.
2. I hadn't looked in a particular box in the basement for several years and today I went through about half of it: I found writing I did when I was much younger, the Register-Guard City/Region section from November 12, 1999 when the paper did a story about my bout with bacterial meningitis, a short and beautifully crafted and touching essay that Craig Thomas wrote inspired by Ben Jonson's poem "On My First Son", and more, including some programs from tournaments and games back in 1969 through about 1981. I'd forgotten I had kept some of this memorabilia and it was fun looking at these things along with a bunch of photographs.
One disappointment: I thought I'd find our third grade class picture from 1962-63 at Sunnyside, but if I still have it, it's somewhere else.
3. For dinner tonight, I cooked ground beef and then did one of my favorite things: I started adding vegetables to the beef: red onion, white onion, zucchini, cauliflower, green beans, peas, and mushrooms. I'd cooked a pot of brown rice, blended some of it into my meat and vegetable mixture and, in my bowl, topped it with Frank's Red Hot Sauce.
It was a simple meal and very comforting, perfect for bringing a day of intense reflection and nostalgic reading and viewing of pictures toward a close.
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