Met with Dan for our monthly lunch yesterday. Instead of burgers, pizza or Ivar’s fish
& chips (his favorite), we went to Larsen’s Bakery in NW Seattle/Ballard
for a dinner plate sized Danish pastry called Kringle. If beer is the nectar
of the Norse Gods, Kringles have got to be their morning pastry.
We hit the bakery jackpot setting a new personal record for my spending
at a bakery by about $50 achieving a grand total of $78 in yummy baked
goods. It was a strangely warm sunny
afternoon for the last day of Fall in Seattle.
Dan and I sat outside eating the best apple fritters ever with a ½ pint
of milk. It was a glorious holiday meal
dining al fresco in the 45° afternoon sun.
It felt like 50° easy!
I gave Dan a kringle for Christmas and headed over to Bellevue to meet
Greg to read More About Alcoholism from
the AA Big Book. He was hungry after working
all day on surveying the layout of a strip mall store for a redesign. We split a piece of incredible fruitcake from
Larsen’s. Greg is a serious foodie and
really appreciated the fruitcake. It was
the only fruitcake I had in years. It
was the best fruitcake he had in the Northwest.
It snowed this morning for the first time in two years in Seattle. It was just enough snow to keep me from
driving Lea to the clinic and secretarying the Friday 9:30 AM meeting at the
Alano Club. The weather warmed up by
noon. Several inches of snow had either
melted away or turned to slush.
At 2 o’clock, I drove Lea to Bellevue College to get her books for
class next quarter. She needed another
form signed that she did not have. I
doubt she is going to college next quarter.
Not much point in going if she is not willing to do the work. She has a condition akin to chronic fatigue
that needs further investigation. It
might not be treatable, but it can at least be diagnosed.
I went swimming for an hour. Had a ham sandwich, read part of a W.E.B.
Griffin book for the third time and had some apple Kringle for dessert. Right now, it is my favorite pastry
ever. Yummm!!!
I am grateful for mild winter snowstorms, swimming, sobriety, Kringles
and for being to be of service to others.
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