Patrick is Here

In the morning walk to the office. Work for a while. Walk home. Ride my bike to Forest Home Cemetery. Walk around the cemetery. The fall colors are exploding over the graves and the crypts. Ride home.

In the morning drive to the jail. Go in for consultations. Drive home. Walk to the office. Work on several files. Walk home. Drive to Farm and Fleet. Buy peanuts and corn for the squirrels. Drive home. Walk down to the lakefront and put out peanuts in all the spots that I think squirrels will look. See a ton of geese down there too. Walk home.

In the morning drive to the courthouse. Go in for a hearing. Drive home. Walk to the office. Work for a while. Walk home. Walk down to the lakefront. See squirrels climbing trees, sitting on branches and hear one screeching from a tree top. See geese swimming in the lagoon. Throw out bread to them. Walk home.

In the morning walk up Broadway and stop in a fancy store to get fitted for new suits. Buy three suits and spend WAY more money than I planned to. It is better to look good than to feel good. Walk home. Walk to the jail. Go in for a consultation. Walk home.

In the morning walk to the office. Work for a while. Walk home. Walk down to the lakefront. See a squirrel sitting in a tree watching the world go by. Put down the corn I picked up on the road while hiking in Helenville yesterday. Walk home.

In the morning drive out to Helenville. It is a small unincorporated town in the midde of nowhere. Walk north on country roads. Walk east. Walk south. Get on the Glacial Drumlin trail and walk it back to my car. The right calf is in significant pain. Drive home.

In the morning walk to the office. Work briefly. Walk home. Walk around downtown while listening to Harvard beat Princeton. Walk home. Drive out to the Union House for dinner with the family. Enjoy steak and mashed potatoes. Eat until I cannot continue doing so. Drive home.

In the morning drive to the courthouse for hearings. Drive home. Walk down to the lakefront. See several peaceful scenes. See geese grazing along the coast while a sailboat goes by. See the cloud formations over an empty Bradford Beach. Walk to Sendick’s grocery store on Downer Avenue. Get fish and chips from the deli. Walk home.

In the morning my contact lens irritates my right eye. It gets red and blows up. Pull out the offending lens and replace it. Drive to the jail. Go in for a consultation. Drive home. Eat lunch. Drive back to the courthouse. Go in for a sentencing hearing. Drive home. Take the contact lens out. My eye is still messed up.

In the morning clean the kitchen and do the laundry. In the afternoon drive to the courthouse for a preliminary hearing. The court is in trial. I sit in the hallway and wait. Listen to the entire David Bowie album “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars” (1972).