Thoughts

No posts for a couple of day, no real reason...just doing things and trying to sleep.  Yesterday I cleaned the tub and shower -- hadn't been done in a while, and it now looks quite good.  Caught up on some paperwork, wrote some SVDP proposals, read a few links, that sort of thing.  Quite good!

Funny but not really -- I tried to set up some get togethers with friends this weekend, and... well, they couldn't (or didn't) get back to me.  Oi.  I mean, we are all busy, and I know they have families (in some cases), but on the one hand... you make some plans and you follow through.  Alas.

Six weeks to the Polish Festival.  I turned in my raffle tickets, added it to the calendar, and... well, I will do it, of course, though every year I am tempted to figure out the cash value of my contribution and write a check.  Of course, I will not do that -- they are relying on me in the kitchen, for brownies, etc. -- and while I may be many things, a Hope and Changer is not one.

Why Munich 1938 concessions to Nazi Germany haunt Washington 2025 talks – POLITICO
My first thought upon hearing about the Anchorage summit was "Munich is in the air," and I think a lot of other people (hell, even some of my friends!) felt the same way.  The fact that many are saying "it could have been worse" is not exactly a ringing endorsement of this sort of thing...

Branka’s Bake Haus is attracting crowds - cleveland.com
Yesterday after church and gym I went there -- I love these places, and I love me some chicken paprikash.  I bought some of that, as well as hot red cabbage salad, some carrot cake, and a hot pretzel for the ride home (Brunswick is a bit far, though not really)... all of it was quite good.  I managed to get three servings out of the paprikash (I like being under 180 pound), which also helped out on the old cost ratio, though as I used to say to Mom, if you can't afford to eat out...don't.