A Ladies' Lunch
Not-Kathy's mom and I went to lunch today. She's back in town after fleeing Maine's wintry weather and I haven't seen her so I emailed an invitation to visit the new Janos restaurant downtown. Her response arrived in my inbox almost before I hit send. She was delighted with the invitation and with the experience and to see me and to get out of the house and I was overwhelmed by her joy. I like to be reminded that the simplest things are often the most important. I love that this time of year provides so many opportunities for them to happen. I thought I'd be arriving at her house after my class on the Nibelungenlied was over at noon. Unfortunately for the expansion of my literary horizons, I stopped to say good morning to G'ma on my way to the U and I fell asleep on her couch. For 3 hours. In my clothes.... including cowboy boots. No blanket, just her flattened out couch pillows to support my head, but I was out. The worker bees com...