We went to a very good presentation on ancient Chinese art. It was our kind of event. Attendees had to demonstrate vaccination. Every other row was closed. There were two empty seats between parties. Douglas Dillon of the Metropolitan Museum of Art gave the presentation, based on a book he wrote. He started with examples of calligraphy as art, then went on to show the importance of brush work in Chinese art. He demonstrated several scrolls. He tied art into the politics of the time. Douglas has a Ph. D. I’m sure he could have thrown in lots of jargon. He kept it at the layman’s level. It was a safe and interesting time.

We had a neighborhood party yesterday, but the food truck for tonight cancelled due to weather. (Wuss!) Our neighbors and we will do a Jason’s Deli run and have our own private food truck party.

Danita wanted to go back to volunteering at the county food bank. She didn’t want to work with clients, many of whom might not be vaccinated. So she volunteered to spend two hours sorting food. She was in a large warehouse with the door open most of the time. There were only a couple of workers in the warehouse. Keeping a safe distance was pretty easy.

I have been enjoying my bike, but missing the opportunity to take it to the store when I buy stuff. I finally figured out a way to get my pannier bags mounted to the bike. Considering I had only a rough idea of a plan and didn’t really know what I was doing, it came out well. Here’s a pic. I had intended in trimming the vertical bars to size, but in looking at them, they seemed to cry out for flags.

Construction on our house is moving smoothly. The fake stone is attached to plywood. To fix the rotten wood, they had to remove the stone. Our plywood was so rotted that most of it fell apart. For whatever reason, our house had more rot than most. That’s surprising, since there were no water stains or other visible indications of trouble. It’s a good thing we’re getting the repairs done.

I hope this finds everybody doing well.