Calgary!

This is my third beautiful day in Calgary, where they are experiencing a sudden Indian Summer. The fall leaves, mainly yellow, are magnificent, and it is wonderful to be outside! It has been in the high 70s each day, with cool, cool mornings. I am having a difficult time converting Celsius to Farenheit--husband CB always quickly calculates temps with a complicated formula that I never can remember. Don't tell me here; I don't really want to know. So cousin Margaret has a broken thermometer that has both ways of reading the temperature, and I can cheat by going to look at the scale and choose the corresponding temp.

Being her reminds me of living in RI and NJ, with the fall leaves, tall trees, and two-story houses (not new). The University of Calgary is only a few blocks away, so students with backpacks are always walking by. There are many rooms rented in this neighborhood. In fact, my cousin rents out the basement to a college student.

Margaret's daughter NF, who is living with her while finishing her master's in engineering, left her laptop out on the kitchen table for me this morning. I get up before everyone else, so I am using it while Margaret and NF are still in bed. (I also go to bed much earlier than they do.)

This laptop has been iffy about logging on. I hadn't been able to comment on any blogger blogs or sign in here, until just a few minutes ago. So I thought I'd better grab the chance.

The Canadian Premier debates were on last night at the same time as the v-p debates from the US. So we had two tvs going, so we could each watch our respective country's shows. Go read Fran, the Quaker Agitator, and Angry African, among others for good observations about the debates. All I can say is that Biden convinced me overwhelmingly to vote for him and Obama, even though that was my original intention.