Wednesday 05/13/2026
Joanne had organized a hike for today. Five of us went to the Arastradero preserve. Four strong women and me panting along behind. I say panting because this walk starts with a climb from 300′ to 710′. That’s half the walk, the other half is a stroll down to the start. It was a beautiful day. 3.5 miles on the hike; I ended up with 4.5 for the day.
Back in good time for an early lunch. Then set up for a lecture in the auditorium. This was unusual in that it was scheduled for 1:30. Almost all events are evening ones, but Gloria, who organized this wasn’t able to get her speaker here any other time.
The speaker was Ron Chan, a guy our age, whose thing is lecturing older audiences on how to preserve their family history as books and pictures. He talked for over 90 minutes, covering how to organize pictures, how to scan and restore pictures, and similar things. This is a subject I (ahem) know a little something about, having set up the Cortesi Family Album some time back. He also talked about using ChatGPT to help you write stories about your family, and how to record audio narration for a slide show. It was more than a lot of people wanted to know, but interesting.
I had just time for a nap before 4:45 and the monthly Sixth Floor meeting and dinner. After dinner I set up to watch The Devil Wears Prada (the original) off of Amazon Prime. At 7pm, Joanne came around and we watched the movie. I had seen it in the theater back in ’06, but didn’t remember any details about it. We have tickets to see the new sequel next week, so this was a good refresher.
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