1. While I was waiting for the vet tech to take Copper back for a blood draw, in light of what I wrote yesterday about going to movies alone, I suddenly thought about all the movies I've gone to over the years with other people. I loved all of them. Christy, Carol, Mom, and I went to Mama Mia one summer and over the holidays several years ago we joined forces to watch Saving Mr. Banks. I saw many movies with Bill and Terri Trevaskis in Eugene, including one of my very favorites, Big Night.
Sparky and I went to a lot of movies together, including earlier this year, Wicked. I still think a lot about the night Michael McDonald and I saw Ethan Hawke playing Hamlet in a 21st century Manhattan world. The Troxstar and I had a blast watching Midnight in Paris together and I thoroughly enjoyed going with Jeff Harrison to the Art House in Eugene to participate in the 2022 International Grateful Dead Meet Up at the Movies to watch the Grateful Dead's show on 04-17-1972 at the Tivoli Concert Hall in Copenhagen.
Oh, there are many more. I can't list them all, but I've had many more wonderful movie going experiences with Scott Dalgarno, Craig Thomas, the Mauer family, Bill Davie, Diane Anderson, Kelly Doughty, Kathleen O'Fallon, Deb Akers, and many more friends over the last more than forty years.
One thrill I'll always remember is the unexpected joy Debbie and I experienced watching Shakespeare in Love.
So, yes, I told the truth when I said I've watched many more movies alone than I've watched with others.
But I didn't want to leave the impression that I only enjoy movies when I see them alone and I'll just say that I can name many of the movies I've seen with all the people listed above as well as the theater we saw those movies at.
They really stick with me.
As you can tell, I've seen reels and reels of other movies with others -- and I didn't even mention all the movies I've watched with others starting over forty years ago in North Idaho and Spokane or the ones I watched with others in living rooms and apartments, especially in Spokane and Eugene, nor the countless movies I've watched with students in countless classes I taught and team taught at Whitworth, the University of Oregon, and Lane Community College.
2. Why did Copper have labs drawn today? Dr. Cook wants to test his blood a bit more often now that Copper is aging and has begun to shrink -- but only in physical size.
His great heart, kind spirit, and gentle soul have not diminished a bit.
3. I fried chopped bacon in the wok, added half a white onion sliced, chopped celery and carrot, and sliced mushroom. I added a can of kidney beans and some chicken broth and this turned out to be just the soup I was hungry for -- I'd been yearning for some kind of bacon and bean soup and this one absolutely worked.
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