Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Weather, soup & cousins.

Yesterday morning, it was snowing when I woke up to drive to care for. This morning when I woke, it was raining. It is almost like a spring shower, but it is certainly melting all the snow that fell yesterday. Crazy weather.

Joan has been cooped up for a few days now, so I thought I'd take her to Kandulskis' for a little drive and some coffee and cake. We stayed there for about an hour, and then we returned home.

At home, it was time to prepare a soup for dinner, so I mixed carrots, celery, mushrooms, tomatoes, basil, onion, spinach, and chicken broth to make a vegetable soup. I had some nice wheat with sesame seed bread and a salad to go with it. Joan liked it so it was a success.

In the evening, I had a conversation with cousin Andrzej and his mother, Kazia. Unfortunately, she is afflicted with the same dreaded disease as Joan, dementia. Our conversations last only 30 minutes, but at least I have contact with two cousins out of all that I have here.