CityWalk & Occupy Lake Worth

Eight of us had a good walk on Worth Avenue this morning.
 
                                                                                                

Jane and I attended the Occupy Lake Worth rally Saturday morning. This was our second week. It looks like it's getting a firm start with an enduring and effective presence. They are combining with Occupy Palm Beach County. The next rally will be October 22 at 100 Clematis St. in West Palm Beach beginning at 10:00 AM. Below are my pictures and relevent links.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/occupy-rallies-gain-momentum-in-palm-beach-county-1914953.html

http://www.facebook.com/OccupyPalmBeachCounty
http://www.facebook.com/OccupyLakeWorth

This Week

Jane seems to be nearly back to normal after her hospital misadventure last week. Now we're working on airfares to Sacramento. Monday we went to former governor Claude Kirk's funeral at Bethesda-by-the-Sea where Governor Rick Scott and Ex-Governor Charlie Crist were in attendance. Tuesday and Wednesday we viewed the movies 50/50 and Dolphin Tale. Jane and I were of one mind on these stinkers. We were disappointed by both. Of Dolphin Tale, its only redeeming value was its story.
Saturday we went to the Occupy Lake Worth rally/protest and were delighted to find such an enthusiastic engaged gathering of 2 or 3 hundred people voicing diverse social and political concerns. There was a somewhat successful attempt to form small focus groups to organize purpose and message. It was peaceful and fun. The group consists of both young and old. I'm fairly sure there will be a much larger "Occupation" next Saturday. Keep in touch. You will certainly find it interesting. Videos

A Horrible Day

Yesterday was one of the worst days of my life; at least that was my perspective yesterday evening. I took Jane to the hospital in the morning to have another ablation. (Her atrial fibrillation came back a few weeks ago.) Her procedure was successfully completed around 11 or 12 o'clock. They accidentally dislocated her jaw without knowing it and when I went into the recovery room, I could see right away what happened when she couldn't close her mouth or talk. I had trouble convincing anyone of the problem. There wasn't anyone there who could perform the corrective procedure. They insisted on an unnecessary CT-scan and seemed to stall and do nothing all afternoon while Jane was in excruciating pain. Finally an ENT specialist came about 7 in the evening and fixed it. Today she is recovering well at home.

Jaw Dislocation Corrected
Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Explained
Catheter Ablation Animation Video

Moneyball

Last night we attended a free advance screening of Moneyball, staring Brad Pitt. We aren't baseball fans but we found this baseball true story to be one we'd recommend to everyone; It's engaging whether a sports fan or not. It's the story of Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball club on a budget by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players. It isn't perfect and not even a "must see" but it's well made and will doubtless get award nominations.

We just can't resist a good protest rally. Everyone has a cause and a voice. This was Wednesday afternoon on Okeechobee in front of Kravis.

Ten of us enjoyed last night's Dining Out at On The Border hosted by Billie Henin.

"To Everything There Is A Season...

...A time to weep and a time to laugh."

On this tearful day we remember that awful horror ten years ago. To all those who lost loved ones on that terrible day, I wish comfort and peace. The world and our society was changed on that day. I hope we will become more understanding, tolerant, and forgiving of each other. But I'm increasingly pessimistic.

We still aren't quite fully settled-in yet, but this week, in between medical/dental appointments, we managed to see the play, Greater Tuna, at Lake Worth Playhouse. We'd seen it years before and regard it as one of our favorites. They did a good job and we recommend it.
Last night at Muvico we attended a pre-screening of Contagion. It was okay and engaging with lot of action but not a "must-see."

Aerobics Class Collage

Pam Lyons, our aerobics instructor at UMD, photographed most of us in the class this summer and I took the liberty of editing her images and creating the collage below.

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We arrived safely home Monday afternoon feeling lucky to have had no major misadventures and to have met such nice Evergreen hosts along our route.

In Jane's hometown of Ashtabula, we were welcomed by Jane's longtime friend, June, who gave us her bed for five nights. In Atlanta we finally got to go to the world's largest aquarium.
We wish we could have stayed longer in Duluth.
                

Goin' Home

Our new Evergreen friends, pictured below, hosted us in Madison, WI and Valparaiso, IN on our drive to Ashtabula where we're visiting Jane's friends in her hometown. Also below see where we always stop when passing Madison, WI.

UMD Summer Memories

Memories of Summer 2011

Hikes of Summer 2011

Pam Lyons' Album

My Videos

My Blog

   

We had 18 on yesterday's hike along the lakewalk in Two Harbors.

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Delightful to a Fault

On the shore of the largest lake in the world, the one hundred-and-fourteen-year-old Two Harbors City Band presents weekly concerts in the park. With a small-town charm reminiscent of Grandma Moses primitives, I found myself transported back to a simple, safer time when neighbors adored the unpolished performance of their neighbors. I sensed that band members of all ages were welcomed with little regard to their instrument or performance level. When even a C major scale of slow half-notes might seem a bit ragged, they tackled challenging music and delighted their friendly neighbors of a-couple-of-hundred seated on their folding chairs on the grass in the soft air of twilight. And even this unforgiving critic found delight in sitting close enough to hear the conductor call out measure numbers to the lost ones. I'll go again.

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Thursday Hike

What a lovely morning for these 26 hikers along Tischer Creek.
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Show Business

Thursday evening we ushered for The Duluth Playhouse's production of Into The Woods. Jane and I both thought they did a very good job but she didn't enjoy the show as much as I did. We both had trouble understanding the lyrics and dialog. We had the same problem with The 39 Steps which we also enjoyed back in June. We've both been pleased with all the shows we've seen by this community theater.

St. Scholastica Hike

Yesterday morning we had 34 hikers on this outing led by Denise Delboy.
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