We drove to Mountain Home early Thursday morning for Pete’s memorial service. It was a very chilly morning – we drove up the back roads with the beautiful Hunter’s moon over our shoulder the whole way. We saw many old friends and family during the visitation – I was pleasantly surprised to see Pamela and Jackie had made the trip, as well as John’s old Systematics friend Phil S. The Texas relatives drove up (Mitch & Laurie, Cathy, Bruce, and Melissa) as well as Uncle Perk’s family Marty and Larkin, and Larkin’s wife and daughter. After the graveside service with Phillip and John both speaking, we all had lunch together. The morning was a lovely tribute to Pete.
We’ve seen several friends – we had lunch with Mary in Little Rock on Monday after my eye appointment. John spent yesterday in Little Rock with his old friend Duane. Deb & Doug came for brunch today. I went out with Alison and Peewee on Monday night to Rolando’s where we had dinner on the mountainside patio with some of their girlfriends. I spent yesterday with Chuck – we hit a big rummage sale and a yard sale, then had lunch. He joined us for an Oktoberfest dinner at Peewee’s last night – a beautiful evening on her back patio watching the sun set over the lake.
We’ve been enjoying “Disclaimer,” “Shrinking,” and “Bad Monkey” this week, plus we watch Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon.” I’ve been reading “Wicked” and listening to the very raunchy “The Last Black Unicorn” by Tiffany Haddish.
I’ve gone to yoga several times since I’ve been back – the two deer below seem to be residents next to the parking lot. And I had a bonus sighting of a deer on the drive over West Mountain en route to class.
The steam coming off the lake on these chilly mornings has been beautiful to watch.
