Coffee with mom, game with William

 

William is feeling that he needs to do something of value (for his heart) every day to compensate for having a commitment to a job. We did a round of Ax Cop Munchkin this evening. It's a game I usually lose but I won this time. 

Record player

I've tried to install Gertrud's Pro-Ject turntable but cannot get it working correctly. Margaret thinks it is a fools errand and that I should buy a different one. Had I not donated my Duel turntable for parts for Grant last week, I might have agreed (and spent money getting it repaired again). I'll see what the repair looks like. 
 

Back to work

 I took Margaret to the university to be a guest in Kathryn Ricketts class today. I hung out at the newly revised lounge/meeting room. Later, William was a bit down on his new job. He's been accustomed to more free time and the restrictions of an 8 hour day is sinking in. We had some espresso ice cream from the Milky Way after work to cheer him up. 

Coffee and cards with mom

 Mom's card playing was fairly good today. I often feel that her playing might be a gage of her attention and memory. 

Wavefield festival

I went to a couple of performances of the Wakefield festival of experimental music and sound at the Artesian this afternoon.  Jeff Morton's instruments were, as usual, very inventive and makes me want to dive into building this sort of thing myself. Form and content all have zing. Performance-wise, I really liked what Allineskik did. I wrote a bunch of notes about him and his projections while I listened and then talked with him afterwards (for some reason he was not included in the artist talks later in the afternoon, even though he clearly had stuff to say). Might make a Splice article out of it.

Attended Dunlop Art Gallery opening and talk for David Garneau this morning. He said some cool things about teaching and how he started off giving (well meaning) harsh crits with all students but one year shifted to only saying positive things. The result was that the students progressed just as well and just as quickly, but had a happier time and felt better about him and the program. He saves harsh crits for final semester and grad students. William brought Griffin along and introduced them. 

Checked out Gertrud's turntable. See the dust. Record has not been played in years. 
 

Fred viewing

Open casket viewing this evening. Lots of people came out. We were prompted to write or draw on paper to add to the casket which would then be cremated with him. Funeral in Southey next month. 
 

Fixing dishwasher

 Fixed dishwasher. Painted yesterday. Didn't have as much time as usual, but feel image of a viewmaster was the best person I've ever not painted.