The twice that I have gone to Korea, I have adjusted almost
instantly to arriving there, but the return has not been so easy. It has taken over a week to finally
feel at home and in the right time zone.
But by now I’ve seen some good friends, had a bike ride, gone on a hike,
worked in the yard, organized a tutoring schedule for my 3 students and tonight
I will go to the film club to see a new version of Shakespeare’s “Much Ado
About Nothing.” I’m back in the
saddle again. There’s a strong
wind blowing leaves around and the sky is getting dark, so fall is here.
It was great to see Caroline and Albert at the Kelowna
airport and drive home with them to a house that was in better shape than I had
left it. Caroline had done a lot
of work in the yard, in the process of which she discovered how old and
inefficient most of my tools are, so she had bought me many new things and a
case to carry them in. I have now
experienced the joy of using these tools.
Albert repaired the back leg of the old leather couch that I had moved
here more for sentimental reasons than anything else. When the mover brought it into the house, I saw that the leg
was missing but said nothing, as it was old. I set it in its place under the living room window and put a
fat paperback where the leg should have been. There it was when Albert saw it; now it has a real leg, my
dining room chairs have gliders that actually fit them and I finally have an
outdoor clothesline. Good friends
are a blessing.
Inside the Blue Ocean Jjimjilbang in Song do, where I spent many a relaxing hour.
Caroline's niece Sharon, about to down her soju at the restaurant in Seoul where she and I enjoyed a delicious lunch.
Caroline and Albert at the Grey Monk Winery near Vernon
One of many teddy bears attached to trees on the trail we walked last Sunday in Myra Bellevue Park in Kelowna
I don't know which came first, the name of the junction or the teddy bears
This is my favourite. If you push a button, he plays, "Raindrops keep fallin' on my head."
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