Tuesday 09/09/2025
Cleaned the apartment for the cleaning lady. Adopting a new program, shamed into it actually by a certain fit and athletic old lady, I climbed the stairs to the 6th floor 3 times today instead of taking the elevator.
Maryanne, another writer, asked me to read her contribution. Her eyesight is failing so badly she has trouble reading her compositions smoothly. They are written in a nice schoolteacher cursive hand, but large, in pencil on notebook paper. The prompt was, a historical incident that had an effect on your life. She wrote a summary of the four years of WWII, as seen by her as a schoolgirl from 11 to 15. Lots of detailed memories of wartime problems, like rationing. It was about 14 pages. I didn’t have time pre-read the whole thing so I stumbled over a couple of words near the end, but I think I read it well for her.
After lunch I set up the auditorium for the rehearsal of the Good Times Broadway show. It all went pretty smoothly for a first rehearsal. I learned something new about the use of monitor speakers that will make the next rehearsal better.
Barely got everything put away and it was time for supper with Patty, just back from a week in NYC, Betty Jerry and Joanne. Then at 7 the bi-monthly sing-along evening in the lobby. Such a whirlwind of activity we seniors live in.
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