Thursday 08/08/2024
Took a shorter walk in the morning. Left in the car to pick up some groceries and drive down to Jean’s place for lunch with her and Marc, our nephew. Well, Marian’s nephew. He’s a senior radiologist with a group practice in Seattle. He was stopping off on his way to join a group of people for an 8-day backpacking hike out of Tuolumne Meadows. He looks great, fit and upbeat. He filled us in on all the doings of his sons and of Quinn, the son of his late brother Paul.
Evening, I did a technical thing, preparing a soundtrack for Mary to sing to, practicing for the folk fest next month. I found a website that does an incredible job of separating out the voice from an audio track, leaving just the accompaniment. Mary is leading a group who will sing “Will the Circle Be Unbroken” in the style of the Carter Sisters. I took the audio track from the YT video she prefers, separated the voices out of it, and sent her the accompaniment track.
Bored with the CH menu, I went out to eat at a place I hadn’t tried before, Curry Up Now, Indian with a California twist. It was pretty good food, but the restaurant was almost entirely empty, and the cashier and cook were Latinx and argued with each other in Spanish the whole time.
Codgerville 