Sunshine

Hi,

Tuesday morning weather was cool where we are staying.  We actually went out with sweaters on.  At home that would be unheard of right now.  By 10am the sweaters were gone and the sun was blazing.  It still wasn’t that hot out of the sun, just warm.  

The ‘Easy Monday’ song was “Walk On By”, by Dionne Warwick.  For her ‘Middle Song’ selection, she’ll ask the musical question:  “__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __?  I’ve been away so long, I may go wrong and lose my way.  __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __?  I’m going back to find some peace of mind in __ __.  L.A. is a great big freeway, put a hundred down and buy a car.  In a week, maybe two they’ll make you a star.  Weeks turn into years, how quick they pass, and all the stars that never were are parking cars and pumping gas…”  Hint:  This one should be pretty obvious, one of Ms. Warwick’s biggest records.  It’s about a place, we’re flying to in a few days.     

Our first full day in town we had a busy morning.  We had coffee at one of our favorite places to get coffee to go: Tanner’s on Sepulveda.  This time we sat and relaxed inside and watched the ‘community’ as it came to life.  It was interesting see it become the meeting place that it is.  From there we did our brave traveler bit for the day.  At Rite Aid, we both got our second vaccination for shingles and another for pneumonia.  By early afternoon both of our arms started hurting and a dull drowsy feeling came over us.  Some of that was courtesy of Mr. Lag, but with a different edge.  I’ll tell you this, the shingles shot hurts worse than the pneumonia.  

Lisa went on a little road trip with Anna and her friend Myra to celebrate Anna’s birthday.  She saw a lot of the Pacific Palisades while I stayed at the apartment and read, made calls and tried to stay awake.  

You know you’re in L.A. when you spot things on the shelf at the upscale community market and they look like this:

We got a call from Natcha, who was very concerned about Daku.  He was back in that listless state, and not very responsive.  Usually, if Lisa calls his name over a video call, he’ll get all excited.  This time there was nothing.  Lisa called the doctor to tell him they were bringing Daku to the office, but he said he’d go to our house.  Natcha called back later and the doctor and staff were taking Daku to the clinic.  Now we wait, again.  

The hardest thing to do right now (Tuesday evening) is to keep our eyes open.  The slightest lowering of the lids can send me into dreamland.  Must stay awake on the off chance that I can manage to sleep past 4am.  It’s becoming a battle of wills.  Oh, so that’s his first name, Will, and ‘Jet’ is just a nickname (555).

It feels like a Wacky Wednesday.

                          Peace,

                                    Danny

“Wherever you go, no matter what

the weather, always bring your

own sunshine.”

~Anthony J. D'Angelo