September 9 Mostly sunny day today. Started over at the courts where we did a bit more pickle ball, slowly getting the hang of this. Rita’s wrist is essentially all better. Must have been 30 people there, enjoying doubles games. We were even asked if we’d like to join in, but didn’t really feel comfortable enough. We watched a doubles game in which the people were nice enough to explain the rules as they were playing. Then went on to the FFY (Fi...

September 7 Not unexpectedly, the weather started to turn bad today. This is, after all, the northern mid-west. Mostly a fairly relaxed day. We started by going to the courts and trying out our new pickle ball equipment. It was fun, although Rita did take a fall and hurt her left wrist, hopefully not too seriously. Later in the day it began to rain. Did manage to very much enjoy lunch at a brewery with really excellent beers. With Rita’s wrist hurting, I he...

September 4 Drove one hour today up to Charlevoix to visit with Rita’s sister, Cheri, and husband, Danny. They’re in the midst of trying to sell their home there with long term plans to live primarily in Ojai, CA where they have a condo. After watching a tense and close Tigers v Royals ball game (won by Tigers 6-5), friends of theirs, Richard and Laurie, came over to join us for dinner. Had great conversation with extraordinary efforts to avoid politi...

September 2  After a long day of driving and arriving at our condo at 100 Hope Street, Unit 8, Traverse City. MI, 49686, we settled in for a good night’s sleep. The next morning, we walked around the neighborhood after eating breakfast here in the condo. The condo is really quite a lovely place which I’m sure we will enjoy for the rest of our stay until the 28th. Traverse City is, quite literally, mobbed with people for the Labor Day weekend.   S...

August 31  On a beautiful day, we elected to play golf here in Madison. We played at Yahara Golf Course, which was quite lovely. Didn’t play well at all, but had a great time regardless. Afterward, stopped at the Convention Center downtown which had been based upon a design originally created by, guess who, Frank Lloyd Wright back in the 30s. The plan for the evening was to seek out some musical entertainment. We found that there is an outdoor jazz concert...