It's Wednesday.
Also known as Winning Wednesday at the Coeur d'Alene Casino.
Just like a week ago, I didn't go to Winning Wednesday today.
That raises a salient question.
Why not?
Let's pull the curtain back and examine why I didn't play for double points on my player card, redeem my November food voucher, or try my luck on the Invaders from Planet Moomah machine or spin the reels and try to win cash on the Mo' Mummy machine or try my luck with Hoot Loot.
1. Partly, I exchanged spinning reels for learning. I spent quite a bit of time reading different analyses and listening to different thinkers reflect on what's happening in our nation.
2. I also continued my efforts to understand better the musical genre of symphony. Whenever I'm at home in the afternoon, I use my Louisville Public Media app to listen to WUOL, the classical music station from the Univ of Louisville. Collen Wheelahan, my favorite classical radio host and, in addition, brilliant Substack writer, has a three hour show at 3:00 PST.
Following her show is a show distributed by WFMT in Chicago called "Exporing Music with Bill McGlaughlin".
This week, McGlaughlin is focusing on symphonies, starting with Beethoven's Eroica Symphony and then exploring works by Berlioz, Mendelssohn, and Schubert, and wrapping up the week with Schumann's Rhenish Symphony.
I admit, I don't soak in everything McGlaughlin says in these one hour shows, but I enjoy his teaching all the same and I can always return to past programs in the show's archives.
So, this evening, while I wasn't trying to get into the bonus game on the Monty Python and the Holy Grail slot machine, Bill McGlaughlin introduced me to innovative symphonic compositions written by the mid-19th century French composer Hector Berlioz and I learned more about Berlioz's work and more about the symphonic form.
I know so little.
My older and slower mind is absorbing all it can.
3. Instead of redeeming my food voucher at the CdA Casino's Red Tail Bar and Grill, I took out the leftover container of Chicken and Yam soup I made last night and added the ingredients I forgot on Tuesday: fresh lemon juice and fresh spinach leaves. I had a small container of leftover Trader Joe's Greek Chickpeas in the fridge and added them to my soup as well.
Ah! My soup tasted complete.
It was so delicious and so comforting that I hardly thought at all of not being on a Karma Kat machine or not dining on a Red Tail shrimp taco and continued to enjoy my day of learning, cooking, eating, and trying to keep the kitchen clean.
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