I visited Linda's grave today. I saw Austin there too. Once he left, I spent more time there than ever before. I sat down and stayed very present and focused. It was intense, genuine and "real". I wrote about this day in a couple other posts elsewhere. After I left, I ran a few errands, helped clean the house and we trimmed and washed the dogs. Jen was able to use the "single serving" containers I picked up today to stage their food for Cindy for the week ahead as she dog-sits during our Catalina trip. I finished going through and naming several years of audio recording that I captured for my or the kids future reference of as a way of drafting blog posts. The app "Just Press Record" is really useful and may provide a way to expedite a backlog of blog topics I have amassed through the years. I had a chance to end my day with a call talking to a friend, and it struck me how valuable communication, actual dialog in real time, is. Years of emails and text messages have taken a bite out of my "analog" contact but that, like using a digital pad to write longhand again, can be revived, too.
