I picked up a grande Latte at Starbucks and headed north at around 8:30 this morning. Somehow I picked up a Catholic station on the radio - WAOB-FM. I don’t know that I’ve ever heard a Catholic radio station. Anyway, there was Mass at 8:30, a talk by a retired archbishop of New Orleans, and a lecture about the Church Fathers. About that time the signal became too weak to pick up anymore. Interestingly, I was driving through a rather thick fog while I was listening to the Catholic radio station.
Then there were vineyards, signs for Niagara Falls, and northern farmland. I find it amusing that I am driving I-90, the northernmost interstate. Lots of tall, tall evergreen trees. No photos of this lovely land :-(. It's too hard to drive and take photos.
I haven’t seen much of Rochester yet, since I came directly to the hospital. My sister is fine, looks good, and is getting morphine now for pain and sleeping through it! Joe went to buy a suit.
(Jubilee didn’t have to go to a kennel after all. The kennel I picked out for her was all booked for the rest of the summer so I looked around for dog-walkers. The professional ones never called me back and then I found a 13-year old boy - Cody - who lives just a few doors away. He’s walking and playing ball with her while I’m away.)
Sounds like an excellent solution for Jubilee. Pets prefer to be in familiar surroundings.
ReplyDeleteI-90 is the NY Thruway, isn't it? I travelled it often while I was in Rochester and visiting a friend at Cornell while I lived in Montreal.
Have you visited the Merton museum on the campus of St. Bonaventure U in Olean, NY? It is near the PA border. The Abbey of the Genesee is not too far, I believe, from Rochester. The Erie canal passes through the area as well. I lived in Fairport which is close to the canal.
I must confess I did not do much touring while I was teaching at RIT.
I hope things go well with your sister.
Yes, I-90 is the NY Thruway, still collecting tolls. I was at St. Bonaventure's last summer, looking for the Lax archives. It is near my sister's house in Wellsville, and on my way home so I hope to stop by again on Sat. This time I'm going to look for Lax's grave.
ReplyDeleteHere is the link to the last summer visit at St. B:
http://returntocenterofamerica.blogspot.com/2009/08/st-bonaventure.html
Thanks for the link. I thought I recalled you had visited there, but were a bit disappointed. If you have the chance, look up Father Allen Weber OFM, a friend. You will like him. Mind you, he travels a bit during the summer. Give him my best, if you do meet up.
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