Monday 02/24/2025
Having no car I decided to walk the 3 miles to FOPAL. I left early and stopped half-way at Midtown for coffee and roll and a banana. Then on to FOPAL, where I processed two boxes of books finishing just at 11am.
While en route David G had emailed that he and Peter would be rehearsing for a lecture tonight, at 11am, did I want to join them? So I hurried my work, then called Joanne. She had emphatically told me that she was available to drive me places, so I took her up on it. She picked me up at 11:15 and I was able to join David G and Peter at 11:30.
Also I had received a call from Crystal at Toyota that my car was ready. So at 3pm I met with Joanne again and she drove me down there. The car seems alright. Later I checked my insurance and it appears that my Comprehensive coverage should apply to rodent damage. So that’s a job to do tomorrow, submit a claim.
I got back just in time for the 4pm meeting of the Common Spaces Task Force. This is a committee of residents to advise Rhonda and staff on revision of the many, small and scattered spaces around the campus used for public purposes. Like the hobby craft shop, the sewing room, the computer room, and many others. My interest is to finally get some action on creation of a music practice room and to rationalize the storage used by the gift shop so as to get their racks of used clothing out of the backstage Green room. A dozen people on the committee so there are 25 opinions on everything, but we’ll see.
The lecture was by Urmi Bahu, a friend of Peter and his late wife Juthica. Urmi was here from her home in Calcutta to attend Juthica’s memorial last week. She manages New Light India, a charitable trust that provides day care and schooling for the children of sex workers. She’s an impressive person with a great story to tell.
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