Field Notes- Another sunny Day- Yesterday felt "too warm". Husband's Back has "given out"......

 I noticed I had quite a few "food" images in the file....mostly lasagna.  so I got rid of them.  and decided we should have a drink together. on May 9th.  Loaded with mint.  Cheers!

I had a very nice, long, hot shower this morning......washing all my troubles away.....if only. But my hair is shiny and so smooth..........

Husband's back has decided to give out.  He's been walking all bent over for a day or two. Trouble standing. Then started shuffling his feet instead of walking.   He is more confused these days......  his head is now even with my shoulders.  I lay the blame on genetics and a very poor diet.....hardly any calcium.   Soda with meals and not milk in his childhood.  We got one small Coke to share on Christmas Eve,  Three kids. Period.  Whole milk until I went to college. and I still got milk with my supper even there.

In fact, I got regular meals for the first time at college.......it was like a theme park.  the Cafeteria.

His people had a very poor set of genes to begin with..  I am now feeling like the lucky ones- his dad and brother- died at 60.  Before all this started caving in on them.

Measured at my usual five six at my last exam.  Same as always.  Excellent bone density.  I might live as long as that sweet 96 year old woman in the grocery check out lane who tried to introduce me to her son.

Reading:  From the Book Pile:  Evvie Drake Starts Over.  A recent widow (unhappy marriage) and a Yankee's Pitcher who can't seem to pitch anymore.  Takes place in Maine... The "Whitest" State in America".   This is still true....even with migrants farming upstate and raising goats. 

Maine could ACTUALLY accommodate everyone waiting on the Texas Border if they wanted to live in tents  in the vast empty of northern Maine until they had cash to build houses.........we wouldn't even notice..... they could garden and cut down trees and build stuff.....like old times....in the 1800's.