23C at 11:31am on a sunny Saturday morning........

......a morning torn with 'do I go or do I stay' with my decision to stay - albeit with some sadness

No Kings protest rally has already begun at Palisades Park at Ocean Avenue and Montana Avenue in Santa Monica.  Of course my heart is there - I was arrested in 1968, protesting Vietnam.  I would be actively in support of reaffirming our democracy today were it not our need for peace of mind in getting a new roof.

We've got someone coming here from Newport Beach, on referral, a young general contractor who does roofs and his biggest client is the one referring us.  We need peace of mind - you would not believe how fucking unethical the roofing contractors we've seen so far are - where is honesty and integrity in small business anymore?  Or is it just that we still find US culture 'foreign' to us????

I am listening/watching to a Eurovision pirate video from overseas of the Met's Tristan - it opened to deservedly rave reviews and yes, I would pay to see something like this here.....even at the movie theatre where the set,stage, artistic design is so phenomenal that ONLY the Met could do this.....but to what extent will this draw attendees from local opera because of limited 'entertainment budgets'?   I wish there were simple answers to this......ah well listen and watch now because You Tube will take down this video by tomorrow.....such is life.....

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