A Successful Day Off

Today's trip away from home saw me go out to Flemington, home of the big horse race I was doing my best to ignore. It also stopped me for keeping my eye on the American elections, which the world is watching with bated breath. 

Instead of cow-towing to the masses who said I should be paying attention to a horse race, I went to a friend's place where there was a meet up of the wonderful women I went to France with last year. 

It was a marvelous afternoon, filled with a lot of laughs and hugs and deep conversations and dancing and great food. In other words, it was everything a catch up with this wonderful group of women should be an more. Very soul restoring. It does much more than a silly horse race. 

And there was this amazing playlist on in the background. Bangers all around. This too made me happy, but the music is always excellent at this friend's place. The only bad thing was it was a Spotify playlist. I must be one of the few people in the world without a Spotify account (I use Apple Music).

I was also given some cards. Some writing cards. Some cards which provide writing prompts from my friend Catherine Deveny. They're awesome. But I will write about them more soon. 

After having my soul restored with the girls, it was round to Blarney and Barney's for the tail end of a barbeque. I sat down and was told I had to eat. Which I did. Just a bit to placate Blarney and her need to feed people.

Then it was home for the Masonic Book Group Meeting, which was a very productive 90 minutes. The book we discussed (well, the first four chapters, anyway) was Yuval Noah Harari's 21 Lessons for the 21st Century. A stimulating discussion was had, with people across the country, and indeed, the world. 

In all, I don't think you get much better than this. 

I'll talk about the cards in another post. They warrant a post of their own. 

In the meantime, I'm sending thoughts and prayers to my American friends. I'm trying to stay away from the internet. I find it all concerning and I don't need the anxiety hits at the moment. 

Today's song: