Well, it’s been two quiet days, actually.

I visited a strange bookstore called “Uplandharma”. They had a good collection of early science fiction from the 50’s and 60’s. There were a couple of kids manning the stores dressed in what can only be called “midwest goth”. You know, sort of a cross between goth and Amish.

We went for a walk along the river, on a trail made from an old railroad right-of-way. It was level, very green, and cool. I have some pictures, but they really don’t show anything interesting. They call it the greenway.

On the home front I finished cleaning up my mother’s computer, getting rid of the spyware and getting her passwords set up properly, then set up a blog for sister Kathy. We’ll also set up a forum on ballfam.net so that people can discuss events and ask Mama questions about what life was like back then. More when it’s actually there.

Today we went to an open house at a log cabin, with a bunch of itinerant antique sellers behind it. The cabin was nice, a lot like Daddy’s in Virginia. The antiques were overpriced and boring. I decided that “primitive” is a marketing term for “badly made”.

Came back, had dinner, went for a walk on another part of the greenway.