What a great day we had, gang.

I did take my 94-year-old Japanese client back to the Peony Bistro, where we each had the sushi/sashimi lunch special, and he also had sake.

And we just had the best time. We laughed a lot. He was in such good spirits, it was even better than the last time we went.

And for some inexplicable reason, the exact moment we sat down in our booth, “Take Me Home Country Roads” by John Denver came on the sound system!!! Unbelievable, gang. That song is suddenly taking over my life and it’s only FIFTY-FOUR years old!!!

But as per the last time, he did not want his fortune cookie. Something about fortune cookies being “fake”!! So, once again, I opened his for him. It is absolutely impossible for me to leave a fortune cookie unopened.

Since he only has long-term memory left, I once again found both our fortunes uncanny.

His is the top one:

After lunch, since it was such a beautiful day, we stopped at a nature preserve not far from his house. He has a wooden leg and cannot walk too far on uneven terrains, so we just went over to the railing of the bridge (pictured below, in the Spring), then stood there for a while and looked at the sky. It was so blue. We just had such a beautiful day.

I will be going back to his house today because I now see him 3 times a week (he has a private care nurse the other 4 days). Then afterward, the shooting range is having an open house, so I will probably stop by there on my way home and see if they have a lane open for me to practice on (they have 12 lanes).

Here is the shooting center, inside and out:

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And that’s kind of it.

Tomorrow, I will be working on the pitch bible documents, but it’s starting to feel like we won’t be able to pitch this project at Series Mania this year (and by “we”, I mean Peitor, since I’m not planning to be in France anytime soon).

But we’ll just see. I feel so bad for him right now, gang. I do not know how he’s managing to cope. And he still has to make an unpleasant trip out to Los Angeles, before he can finally head back to the South of France.

Okay, well. Enjoy your Saturday, wherever you are in the world.

Thanks for visiting.

I love you guys. See ya!

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From yesterday’s drive to town, on the backroads!

I’ve posted this here before, but here it is again!! “The Wrong Thing To Do”, by Tom Petty’s other band, Mudcrutch. 2008. Enjoy, gang.

“The Wrong Thing To Do”

Well, my daddy took me campin’
Out under the stars
Left me by the fire
While he hit the bars
And I broke my finger
On a trailer hitch
Mamma called daddy
That son of a bitch, all right

Well a hundred miles to go
You draggin’ your ass
I’m in a Japanese car
That ain’t gonna last
And you forever drivin’
On the wrong side of the road
Wearing dungarees
That your mother stole

Well my mamma loved me
But my daddy don’t
I’m tryin’ to work it all out
But I probably won’t
I got a woman waiting
At the top of the stairs
It’s the wrong thing to do
But I don’t care

Well she was blond and tall
She was 23
Born into the world
To get the best of me
And she never paid back
Half what she stole
She wanted my money
So I gave her my soul

Well I was flying half mast
On the 4th of July
In a bar in Lake City
With a western tie
And I was thinkin’ hard
About changin’ my name
And headed for Miami
When the daylight came

c – 2008 Tom Petty