Sunday

Arboleda

by Carlos Gutierrez Torrejon*

It's Sunday. And Goose and I will be around the house and in the yard mostly. I will do lots of reading of my students' logs about Rosenblatt and planning for our classes next week. And then, in the late late afternoon, I hope to take Goose for a walk on the fire trail. Maybe it will be the kind of beautiful up there on the trail that Carlos Gutierrez Torrejon depicts in his paintings of Cadiz, Espana. *[on flickr]

Goose and I had a busy busy day yesterday. First my friend Oshinomi [who I have known since the second grade] came by at around noon. We visited in kitchen [as is our tradition] with Goose close by. We had coffee and Meyer Lemon wafers that my dear friend Luporini brought by the day before when she visited us. [Luporini and I had coffee and lemon treats in the kitchen [as is our tradition, as well]. Then my friend Arlyn came by at 2:00. [She used to live across the street from me. Back when when Shanan was born.] We talked in the kitchen [as we used to do] for a while and then we went for a lovely walk in the neighborhood with GooseDog. [No coffee and lemon treats for us, just water.] We walked, by way of Belrose, to the top of Derby Street. Then over to Domingo so I could get a pound of coffee at Peet's. From there, we walked to The Uplands, went up the stairs to Hillcrest, and meandered our way down to Claremont, over to College Avenue, and finally, up Webster Street. Home. [I love love walking with GooseDog and a friend.] After Arlyn left, I straightened up the kitchen. [This wonderful and beautiful kitchen of mine.]

Oh yes, right after we got home, I spoke with Karen, the breeder in South Dakota, about the puppy named Ian. She and I talked about him and two other dogs, Angel and Atom. Angel is exceptionally smart and has freckles. Atom has freckles, too. Thousands of them. He has already been trained, which is good. I am thinking about getting one of these sweet sweet and cute puppies. I am worried about not having Isidore..and having another dog. [More about this later.]

Lots to think about and lots to do today.

In the kitchen GooseDog