Our weekend

Saturday, we drove back to Dummerston, changed clothes, and went to a memorial service for Janet Schwartz where Hallowell sang. It was a lovely service, and people seemed to really enjoy our singing. Afterward, we drove to Northampton  to spend some time with Max and Tamar, who were alone while their parents were enjoying a weekend on Martha's Vineyard. We got caught up on Max's summer school at Harvard. I had been under the misapprehension that it was a program just for high school students, but no - it was regular undergraduate work. Max took two courses, in Physics and Astral Biology! He was fascinated especially by the latter. It was about forms of life in outer space. Gosh, what an opportunity! Max said he "loves to learn." After talking a bit we went out to eat at a stand near the old Hilltown school and then to Harrell's for ice cream. A nice time. Then we came home. It was cold! We had to pile on the blankets!

Sunday morning, I led choir at the Dummerston church. That went well. The  choir was small but sang well. We sang GRATITUDE,  an old shape note hymn - one of my favorites. There was a particularly nice coffee hour which was actually an ample lunch. Ellen and Nancy Tierra had a chance to catch up after our summer away. Then we got the NYTimes, settled into bed, got warm, and did the Spelling Bee puzzle. Ellen was a "genius" plus and I was between excellent and genius, my usual place. We love that puzzle! 

After a lovely supper of fish sticks and fresh veggies from Walker's, we drove back to Shutesbury and ended the day listening to Red Sox baseball with Savanna. The Sox pulled out a 6-5 "walk-off" win over the Houston Astros in the bottom of the ninth. 

The other big news is that last week, John and Cynthia put a great deal of time and effort into researching a new car - driving great distances in the heat (yes, it was beastly hot and humid before the current cold wave), and ended up getting a low-mileage 2015 Honda Fit. A used car is always a gamble. Here's hoping it works out well. I look forward to seeing it

A 2015 Honda Fit. Not sure what color J&C's is. We'll see!

And now it's Monday. What will happen today?