It was another quiet week in Columbia. But things are coming back to life.

We had a “death” this week. The cute little blue box you see here was an HP computer. I bought it for $200 in early 2012. Its mission was to stream video onto our TV set. It performed its mission briliantly and even did more than I expected. When my laptop needed repair, I was able to load a couple of extra programs on it and used it for my daily computing until my laptop returned. Recently, Microsoft released an upgrade that was so large that it wouldn’t fit on the computer’s disk. Its days were definately numbered, since running a computer that doesn’t have all the updates is definitely not wise these days. Then it started acting up. Parts to fix it are not readily available. It wasn’t worth a lot of effort to resuscitate it. It’s gone.

The Circle luncheon last Monday was nice, but not everybody was able to attend. Tina Bauman has been suffering from celiac disease attacks. She had to stay home. Her husband Bill is suffering from major league pain in his back. He was there, but he wasn’t comfortable.

I got my first bike ride of the year in yesterday. The old body felt kind of rusty. But I completed the ride.

We had a SOCA concert last night. We had a guitarist who does the senior home circuit. He’s definitely not good enough to sell CDs. But everybody had a good time, and the deserts were very good.

Today we attended a concert at the Baltimore Symphony. Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 is a great favorite. The pianist was Gabriela Montero. She definitely knows her way around the keyboard. Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra was brilliantly  performed — by far the best I’ve heard. It was hauntingly beautiful in many spots.

That’s it for this week. I hope this finds everybody doing well.