19th (Monday)
Website situation fixed at last!
Chatting with Elizabeth about the
day's 'event'. Texted back later
in the evening, [Totally forgot,
if you need any help with the flood
situation, let me know. Like moving
around furniture etc]
20th (Tuesday) [Aphrodite of Saturna]
Texted Fran, who replied, [Omg I'm
so sorry Richard Are you ok?
I think I'm depressed lol Which is
fine because I love sleeping]
21st (Wednesday) [Aphrodite of Saturna]
Text from Eve, replying to the
Cartem's closure. [Those poor
delicious donuts. And it's
crazy how time passes. I feel like
it keeps going faster every year
too]
22nd (Thursday) [Aphrodite of Saturna]
Text from Elizabeth, [Hey Richard, did
they check out for mold?]
23rd (Friday) [Aphrodite of Saturna]
Fairly heavy overcast, showers of
rain off & on all day
24th (Saturday)
Texted Fran, who replied, [What a
weird month Richard!!! Mercury is
coming out of retrograde soon and
things should start getting better...]
Texted Elizabeth, who replied, [Shhhh,
no talks of autumn yet K.
sounds good. Enjoy your week too]
25th (Sunday)
Texted Eve about the demise of
Hamburger Mary's, on Davie. Texted
back, [It's so sad to hear that] [I
can't imagine the day Templeton is
gone] Text from Elizabeth with a pic
of Beaver Lake, [Enjoying Beaver Lake
right now, haven't been here in a
long while] Cool, wet weather
continues
26th (Monday)
Intriguing conversation with Elizabeth
on the phone, early this evening
27th (Tuesday) [Aphrodite of Saturna]
28th (Wednesday) [Aphrodite of Saturna]
Warm, breezy
29th (Thursday) [Aphrodite of Saturna]
Texts from Elizabeth, [Hey Richard,
hope you are doing good. Does Sunday
evening work for u to hang out?]
Silvia back from France with her
Mediterranean tan. Text from Fran,
It's working Richard, thank you
soooo much!! I had to go to the
hospital at the beginning of the
week coz they thought I was
dissecting another artery. I'm
not, one of my disks has slipped
a bit further and is pressing
down on some spicy nerves. I'm
all good, in pain but have weed]
30th (Friday) [Aphrodite of Saturna]
Exchanging texts with Fran, which
ended, [I can't believe that apple
lasted That's amazing!!
Let's do Pandemos next. All of your
pieces art utterly magical] Text
from Susan, [Guess what? I ended
up in hospital suddenly on Wed
afternoon...]
31st (Saturday) [Aphrodite of Saturna]
Thinking today about Japanese girl at
the sushi place. She's from Tokyo,
lives in Kits & is totally charming!
September
1st (Sunday) [Aphrodite of Saturna]
Evening visit from Elizabeth. We had
our usual compelling conversations,
for 3 hrs, from the Saturna trip with
Fran, to the guys she encountered at
the party, to comparing the
cleanliness of our toilet bowls
2nd (Monday) [Aphrodite of Saturna]
Text to Elizabeth, this morning, 'It's
past 5:30 and a skunk just got run
over on Burrard. OMG! what a stink :(
You're lucky to be asleep! [Lol
Thank god I was asleep]
3rd (Tuesday) [Aphrodite of Saturna]
Overcast, gloomy sort of day in more
ways than the weather
4th (Wednesday) [Aphrodite of Saturna]
Exchanging texts with Susan
5th (Thursday) [Aphrodite of Saturna]
6th (Friday) [Aphrodite of Saturna]
Texted Elizabeth just after midnight,
'So the latest news re: Fran is not
good... :( I can forget
about sleeping for awhile' 'I
think that dead skunk was an omen'
Later that afternoon Elizabeth
brought over a bowl of homemade
Afghan soup, which is believed to
have healing/strengthening qualities
in her culture. Texted her later,
'So I'm eating it hot and it's
awesome!! I could eat this FREQUENTLY'
[Glad you like it, enjoy!]
7th (Saturday) [Aphrodite of Saturna]
Asked Silvia if she'd ever gotten
'a dagger in the heart'. She paused
a moment, laughed, & said, 'Do you
mean physically stabbed? or
emotionally?' I laughed, & said,
'If you were actually stabbed,
you've made an amazing recovery!'
We both laughed, & I said, 'No,
metaphorically.' She said that
we've all experienced that at one
time, & reassured me it would be
ok
8th (Sunday) [Aphrodite of Saturna]
Talking to Elizabeth on the phone,
telling her I'm sending Fran a shot
of the half-finished portrait in a
couple of days, 'with love'. She
agreed it was a good idea
9th (Monday) [Aphrodite of Saturna]
Text from Susan, [Seeing Eduardo
tomorrow]
10th (Tuesday) [Aphrodite of Saturna]
Sent 3 text messages to Fran, including a
photo of the half-finished drawing
11th (Wednesday) [Aphrodite of Saturna]
Text from Elizabeth, [Good morning Richard
Oh no about Fran. I hope she is ok. I am
assuming u texted her the painting?]
12th (Thursday) [Aphrodite of Saturna]
Texted Fran, early this morning, 'Fran
drawing your eyes this morning, and I'm
sorry about the other day i miss
you lol.' She replied within the hour,
[... I miss you too and absolutely adore
the masterpiece!! Everything will be good]
Texted Elizabeth, 'So I texted Fran this
morning...' Replied, [So glad to hear this
Great news]
13th (Friday) [Aphrodite of Saturna]
14th (Saturday) [Aphrodite of Saturna]
Silvia asking, 'Are you feeling better?'
Paused, & replied, 'No, not really' 'Awww...'
15th (Sunday) [Aphrodite of Saturna]
Texts from Elizabeth, that included, [I
hope all is well between u and Fran]
16th (Monday) [Aphrodite of Saturna]
Talking on the phone, with Susan. Ripped
into her, which was richly deserved
17th (Tuesday) [Aphrodite of Saturna]
Text from Elizabeth, [Hope your day was
good :)]
18th (Wednesday) [Aphrodite of Saturna]
Chatting with Elizabeth on the phone,
about her situation, & my situation
19th (Thursday) [Aphrodite of Saturna]
20th (Friday) [Aphrodite of Saturna]
Text from Elizabeth, [Good morning
Richard I had a good sleep but
still feeling mentally tired. Had a lot
going on this past week. Hang in there,
it will all turn out just the way it
was meant to be]
21st (Saturday) [Aphrodite of Saturna]
Texted Elizabeth, '...thanks for taking
the time to listen to my woes.' Replied,
[...I got my period yesterday and have
been feeling emotionally shitty but I
will feel better too]
22nd (Sunday) [Aphrodite of Saturna]
Text from Elizabeth, [Hey Richard. Hope
u had a good nights sleep] [I
will stop by around 5 if that works for
you]
23rd (Monday) [Aphrodite of Saturna]
24th (Tuesday) [Aphrodite of Saturna]
25th (Wednesday) [Aphrodite of Saturna]
26th (Thursday) [Aphrodite of Saturna]
Text from Elizabeth, [Hi Richard, just
checking up on you, hope you are doing
good]
October
3rd (Thursday)
Sent Fran a couple of texts & long
email. Texted Elizabeth, 'Enjoyed our
conversation... Sent Fran messages this
morning... with lots of love.'
4th (Friday)
Text from Fran, [Richard I am blown
away!! I had a bad migraine all week
and now I'm here in awe of your
creations!!] Elizabeth came over for
a few hours tonight. Had our usual
compelling conversations, with rum
& Coke, & pistachios
6th (Sunday)
Text from Fran, [I'm resting so
hard, I'll be good i promise. How
are you doing?] Texted Elizabeth,
who replied, [I guess you will
have to follow your heart and your
epiphany.]
8th (Tuesday)
Texted Fran a detail of the
drawing, who replied with the,
[heart to "Fran hope ur
feeling better every hour!!...]
9th (Wednesday)
Text from Eve, [I enjoy knitting
those but I haven't got enough
traffic to my shop to sell them]
Texted Fran about her birthday
tomorrow. Replied, [It is
tomorrow 1010. I'm in rough
shape but I'll be good. Thank
you so much Richard How
are you doing?]
11th (Friday)
Texted Elizabeth, suggesting we
go for chicken on Thanksgiving
Texted back, [Hi Richard, yes
that sounds like a great idea
Monday afternoon?]
14th (Monday)
Thanksgiving Afghan chicken &
lamb dinner, with Myra on
Lagoon Drive. Lovely sky above
the tennis courts, grey/black/
white clouds, with some blue sky
20th (Sunday)
Texted Elizabeth, 'So it's 4:20am &
it's pouring rain again. You're
sleeping thru all the excitment.'
[Lol I missed the next 11 hours after
420 hehe.] Some enjoyable banter with
Silvia, who surprised me by actually
enjoying the last two days of
rainstorm
21st (Monday)
Texted Elizabeth this afternoon,
'Hey Elizabeth, so i texted Fran
early this morning... & she
replied right away! We exchanged
a couple of more texts and right
now I'm floating on cloud nine :)
Fill u in later.' [Glad to hear
about the Fran news :)]
23rd (Wednesday)
Exchanging more texts with Fran
[Ooooh i love that song Richard!! (I
Feel Fine) [That's gotta be a
good omen] 'Yes! Wow! We really
do have a connection!! Sweet
dreams.' [You too!!]
