Today was a good day here. I woke to the sound of a crow, outside my window, calling loudly into the pre-dawn. Knowing how smart crows are, I have not doubt that he flew by, saw me sleeping there, and thought he would amuse himself by startling me awake. He was quite successful!
I rolled out, made a cup of coffee and a bowl of Special K and settled down in front of the TV where I ended up watching "Hildalgo" on cable. That is a truly enjoyable movie. When the movie wrapped, I headed over to the Hickory Pit and met Tony for breakfast. From there, I ran a couple of errands and then reached out to my friend Don to see if he wanted to shoot some pool.
He did, and we headed up to the California Billiards Club - where it turned out they were having some sort of corporate event and the entire place was packed. So, we switched directions and headed over to Edgies. We played five games and Don won four of the five. The changed I have made in my game are starting to settle in. Though I lost four games, I never lost by more than a shot or two. The changes in style and the additional practice are paying off. I am starting to zero back in. I predict that, after another five or six hours of practice, I will be back to the level I was before and then I will begin to advance beyond that.
(While I was waiting at California Billiards, TR called to tell me a very amusing story that I won't repeat here, but I did want to bookmark in in my online journal here so I would remember it.)
After we shot pool, we went over to the Outback at the Great Mall and met Tony for lunch. It was a good lunch - I opted for the rib-eye steak and the loaded backed potato. After dinner we took a walk through the great mall, then I headed home for a quiet evening and nice little goodnight conversation with TR. Tonight, my plan is to read into the evening and alternate with watching episodes of Continuum, Warehouse 13, and perhaps Longmire.
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Notes On A Beautiful California Morning
It has been a very beautiful morning.
I woke up about 5:30 AM, while it was still dark night outside, brewed a pot of coffee, ran through the shower and dressed for work.
I had that first cup of coffee while watching the morning news and eating a piece of coffee cake I had carried around in my briefcase since the day before. There is something to be said for briefcase coffee cake.
I headed into the office about 6:30 AM, stopping at the coffee shop for that vital commute cup of coffee. (Notice that coffee often seems to be a morning theme for me?) Because of the early hour traffic was mostly very light on the way in.
Nature was presenting a spectacular dawn vista.
The sky was filled with high wisps of clouds along both the horizons, to the south and north. The sunlight was hitting them and they were a wonderful cascade of rose red to the softest blush red.
The sky was a very pale blue, deepening in shade from east to west. There were faint traces of gold lining some of the clouds.
With the coming of fall, the crows were flying in flocks. Several large flocks of black birds spun through the morning air, silhouetted against that varied blue sky.
I paused in the parking lot, as I usually do, to finish my morning coffee and watch the sunrise. It was simply an amazingly beautiful morning and I am glad I had the opportunity to simply sip coffee and watch it unfold.
The ordinary things in life are pretty extraordinary.
I woke up about 5:30 AM, while it was still dark night outside, brewed a pot of coffee, ran through the shower and dressed for work.
I had that first cup of coffee while watching the morning news and eating a piece of coffee cake I had carried around in my briefcase since the day before. There is something to be said for briefcase coffee cake.
I headed into the office about 6:30 AM, stopping at the coffee shop for that vital commute cup of coffee. (Notice that coffee often seems to be a morning theme for me?) Because of the early hour traffic was mostly very light on the way in.
Nature was presenting a spectacular dawn vista.
The sky was filled with high wisps of clouds along both the horizons, to the south and north. The sunlight was hitting them and they were a wonderful cascade of rose red to the softest blush red.
The sky was a very pale blue, deepening in shade from east to west. There were faint traces of gold lining some of the clouds.
With the coming of fall, the crows were flying in flocks. Several large flocks of black birds spun through the morning air, silhouetted against that varied blue sky.
I paused in the parking lot, as I usually do, to finish my morning coffee and watch the sunrise. It was simply an amazingly beautiful morning and I am glad I had the opportunity to simply sip coffee and watch it unfold.
The ordinary things in life are pretty extraordinary.
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