Sunday, Nov. 17

Slept late this morning, until 8 a.m. Skipped my exercises, as usual on Sundays. Hubbie accompanied Mother to our house around 9 a.m., and the three of us worked to get a beef roast started in the slow cooker.

Mother prepared the onions, Hubbie peeled and quartered potatoes, and I did the rest...seasoned the beef with salt-free seasoning, pepper, paprika, garlic powder, Rosemary, oregano, and basil, and browned it, then put it in the slow cooker with the onions, potatoes, and carrots.

Meanwhile, we watched a couple of Hallmark Christmas movies. The roast was ready around 12:30. I made gravy, and we sat down to enjoy the meal by 1 p.m.

Watched another movie after lunch, and then Hubbie accompanied Mother to her house. Then he and I changed clothes to go to the visitation for his barber, who died last Thursday.

Before we went to the funeral home, we stopped by the WDCS to pick up the photo book I created for Mother for Christmas. It looks really nice, and I think she will enjoy it.

At the funeral home, we found that there was a long line slowly moving forward to visit the family and view the body. It's obvious that this man was well respected, and well loved. He was a barber who owned a couple of businesses in town.

He was also an Air Force veteran, and some of his friends from the VFW were there, including a couple behind us, who had obviously decided to toss a couple back before coming to the funeral home. Boozy breath seemed inappropriate at this time and place.

On the way back home, we saw a gorgeous full moon rising. So beautiful.

At home, Hubbie and I decided to have leftover Dragon Soup for supper, and then watch a movie, "The Challenger," a 2013 feature from the Discovery Channel. We vividly remember hearing about this tragedy as we traveled to another state to visit Sis.

It was one of those tragic events of American history that is indelibly imprinted on the minds of those of us who lived in that year. We remember where we were when it happened. Just as we remember where we were when we heard about the assassination of John F. Kennedy, or when the Twin Towers went down at the hands of terrorists.