Medical Marijuana

Medical Marijuana

Looking For Something for My Arthritis.

The Farm

Boulder, CO

July 2017

I am in Colorado, one of the few states that allows recreational marijuana. My friend takes me to a distributor.  We have to sign in and show our ID. We are given a number and told to wait.  A sales person will assist us in a few minutes.

Our number is called and we are led to a locked room which is closely monitored. A young man assists us and first fills KT's order and then asks what I want.  I tell him I am from PA and flying out tonight so I would not be buying anything.  KT asks if I can buy something, can she mail it to me.

"No, no", he firmly warns her, "That is highly against the law and it's a federal offense.  No, don't do it." That immediately ends that idea.

I am looking for something for my arthritis.  I have advanced artists in my lower back and some days, I am just crippled by the pain. And I cant believe I can not access something that could bring me some relief.

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Snort Buck Saloon

Snort Buck Saloon

Colorado

June 2016

This place is off the beaten path and in the middle of nowhere.  It is currently up for sale and I don't know who would buy it as you have to travel many miles to get here.  But you do get to keep all of the useless dollar bills.  I tried to count all of them but it was a wasted effort as there are just too many of them. I wonder how many could be retrieved and used as a down payment?

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Goals for 2018

Goals for 2108

West Chester, PA

January 1, 2018

I don't want to call this list my list of New Year's Resolutions.  But I do want to get some very specific things done this year. Let's see how I do:

• Go to the WXPN Music Festival in July.  I have good intentions to go every year and I just don't make it happen.  Maybe this will be the year.
•       1- I went to an XPN concert- Bettye Evert- April 5
•       2- Once again, I didn't go.  By the time I got around to buying a ticket, it was now $90 for one day and I wasn't willing to spend that much money.
•       3- I did go to a music festival on the Camden Waterfront to see Van Morrison and Willie Nelson

• Participate in a Christmas Bird Count.  I've done these counts before but it has been at least 7 years since I did one.  It's time to step back in.
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• Read 20 books.  I used to be an avid reader but I got away from reading in 2010.  I have to force myself back in to the habit of reading every day.  I love to read.
•             1- Bones- Tae Myenne Ng
•             2- When The Emperor Was Divine- Julie Otsuka
•             3- Gifts From The Sea- Anne Morrow Lindberg
•             4- A Patch of Blue
•             5-  Family Affair- Russell Banks
•             6- Beasts in My Bed- Jacqui Durrell
•             7- Men Without Women
•             8- Fear- Bob Woodward
•             9- Born a Criminal- Trevor Noah
• Visit 10 new breweries- DONE
•            1- Locust Lane Brewery- PA
•            2- Kennett Brewing Company- PA
•            3- Weyerbacher Brewery- Easton, PA
•            4- Earth, Bread, Brewery- Mt. Airy, PA
•            5- Chestnut Hill Brewery- Chestnut Hill, PA
•            6- Dew Point Brewery- Yorklyn, DE
•            7- Sly Fox- Phoenixville, PA
•            8- Blue Bell Brewery- FL
•            9- Lancaster Brewery- PA
•            10- Philadelphia Brewery- PA
•            11- Goose Island Brewery- PA
•            12- Forest & Main Brewery- PA
•            13- Concohocken Brewery- PA
•            14- Karst Brewery- MN
•            15- Pulpit Rock Brewery- IO
•            16- Tobbling Goliath- IO
•            17- Grumpy Trolls Brewery- WI
•            18- Great Danes Brewery- WI
•            19- Stitch House Brewery- DE
•            20- 2nd District Brewery- PA
•            21- Love City Brewery- PA
•            22- Hollow Earth- PA
•            23- Midnight Oil- DE
•            24- Argilla Brewery- DE
•            25- Twin Lakes- DE
•            26- Oak Creek brewery- AZ
•            27- Anthenium Brewery- MD
•            28- Bellefonte Brewery- DE
•            29- Post brewery- C0
•            30- Vison Quest Brewery- CO
•            31- Twisted pine Brewery
•            32- Brechenridge Brewery
•            33- riff Raff brewery
•            34- Echo brewery- AKA- The Eldo brewery- CO
•            35- Soul- CO
•            36- Urban Village Brewing Company- PA
•            37- Wilmington Brewery Works- DE
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• See 25 movies.  I joined the Bryn Mawr Film Institute in April and I've seen more movies this past year but I want to see more.
•            1-The Post- Meryl Streep wasn't strong enough in this movie.
•            2-Darkest Hour- Churchill was portrayed too much as a kook rather than brilliant.
•            3-Ladybird- loved it but the ending feel apart.
•            4- The Greatest Showman- a great show
•            5- The Shape of Water- what a bizarre movie.
•            6- I, Tanya- OMG, I've seen this movie twice already.
•            7- Three Billboards in Ebbing, Missouri
•            8- Leisure Seeker- a sad topic, a fun movie. Lots of poor acting in the supporting roles.
•            9- A Wrinkle In Time- a great fantasy movie.
•            10- The Isle of Dogs- I love Wes Anderson
•            11- Chappaquiddick- how did Kennedy get away with this crime.
•            12- Pope Francis- In His Own Words- this man is humbling.
•            13- RBG- outstanding
•            14- Won't You Be My Neighbor- outstanding
•            15- The Gardener- outstanding; now I want to explore gardens around the world.
•            16- Book Club- I didn't really like it.
•            17- Sorry To Bother You- this story started out to be very thought provoking and turned out to be silly and creepy.
•             18- Three Identical Strangers- what a sad story of abusive power.
•             19- Eighth Grade- the sad reality of being 13.
•             20- Juliet Naked
•             21- BlacKKKlansman
•             22- Book Shop- a little boring
•             23- Colette
•             24- A Star is Born- it was not as spectacular as people claim.
•             25- Green Book
• Hit 900,000+ on my blog: bkmemoirs.blogspot.com- DONE
•            Jan- 760,000 hits
•            Feb- 830,000 hits
•            Mar- 864,000 hits
•            Apr- 889,000 hits
•            May-915,000
•            June- 932,000
•            July- 956,000
•            August
• Organize my 45th high school reunion. DONE
•            1- first meeting- Feb 8
•            2- memo to the group- Feb 10
•            3- memo to the group- Feb 20- notice about a death of a classmate
•            4- memo to the group- March 2
•            5- booked a site for our event- March 19
•            6- final message to my classmates- April 6
•            7- Reunion held on May 4, 5, and 6.
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• Take a road trip to Florida to see Jaye, Jane and the Harry Potter park in Disney world.                       The trip has been resigned and reduce. I have a flight to Cape Coral on Feb 24
• Get my car detailed.  I bought it last March and I am determined to keep it nice.
• Sell my house in Carepnters' Point, MD- DONE
•             contacted a realtor- done
•             contact someone to do a deep cleaning- done
•             contract a painter- done
•             get the furnace fixed- done
•             find a landscaper- done
•             still moving damn stuff out of this damn house.- done
•             powerwash the exterior
•             sign a contact- done
•             get the damn for Sale sign up- done
•             showings are going on but no offers yet.
•             three offers as of Sept 1 but they were all rediciouos offers
•             settled- November 14, 2018
• Get down to my 2011 weight.  I lost 50 pounds in 2010. But I've gained 20 pounds back.
• Visit the African American Museum in DC.- DONE
• Usher 20 times at the Uptown Theatre in West Chester, PA

                 1-  Speakers' Series- Suburban Reporter
                 2-  Holy Matrimony Gospel Choir
                 3-  Best Shorts- Oscar Nominations
                 4- Constitutional Law
                 5- Love's Labor Lost
                 6- Soul Harmony
                 7- Iron Man
                 8- Evita
                 9 TedTalk West Chester

• Make 10 IMovies.- this isn't going to happen/  Maybe next year.
• Take a trip with my nephew, Gus.  He will be the last of 16 nieces and nephews that I took on a trip with me. offer.
•         I've made the offer twice again but he has not taken me up on my offer.  He's not ready to travel.
• Put up my artwork on my walls.  I have been in my apartment since June 2017 and 50 pieces of artwork are stacked against my walls.  It's time to put them up where they belong.
•          Task in progress and almost completed.
•           30 pieces are up as of September
• Learn to drink my coffee black. If I get a cup of coffee and there is no cream, the drink is ruined for me. I need to be more flexible.
• Walk at least 5000 steps a day.
•              January- the first week, while I was still in Nepal, I met my goal every day.  The rest of the month was a disaster.
•               Feb- I really didn't even meet this goal on any day.
•               March- I am better this month.  I've hit my daily goal several times.
•               April- I was much better but still not anywhere near of making my goal.
•               May- I am much better this month so far but I still need to step it up.
•               June- I have been fairly good this month but only because I traveled with my 15 year old nephew who is  constant motion.
•               July- I am so inconsistent with this goal.
•               August- I suck
•               September- I bought a new fitness track and I am doing much better at reaching my goal.
• Get rid of 10 pairs of shoes.- DONE
•               10 gone to date
• Go to Elias Frantz's college graduation @ Penn State- May 4- I couldn't go as it conflicted with my high school reunion.  I did go to his graduation party.
• Go to Emelia Chamberlain's graduation from Boston University- May 20. Her mother died last year and her father died two years ago.  She needs support. (I didn't go because I was too sad and didn't want to spoil the day with all of my sorrow.) I did go to her graduation party.
• Connect with Bob Preston and George Trout.  I am letting them slip away from me.- DONE
•        I've made an effort to connect but both men are having and parent problems and are unavailable at this time.
•         George's dad died and we all meet up at the funeral.  It was nice to see them, even under these circumstances.
• Have dinner with Walt Hartshorn and Dan Tracey.  I am letting them slip away from me.
•           Dinner with Walt on June 21
• Sell my antique tavern table.  It has been sitting in my shed for 5 years now. UPDATE: I decided to keep it.  It sits in my living room now.
• Sell my antique wooden paddles.  They have been sentenced to my shed for 10 years now.
• Visit my Uncle Dick. I last saw him in 2005.  He had Alzheimer's disease and time is of the essence. This visit may be the last time I see him and/or he remembers me.

January 2017

January 2017
Carpenters' Point, Maryland

January 1- Bombay Hook Wildlife Refuge- in search of thousands of snow geese

January 2- PSU Football Championship game; we lost but it was still a good game.

January 3- Library meeting

January 4- headed to Long Beach Island, NJ for the weekend visit with Jane Momer, my high school friend. 

January 5- a big snow storm at the beach.  This is most unusual.

January 6- took a felting class at the Long Beach Island Art Foundation

January 7- went birding but didn’t see much.

January 12- Women’s Investment Club; we made $11,000 last month.

January 13- Dinner with Tricia and Bill.

January 14- started to do some apartment hunting in West Chester, PA.  I've got to move and get out from under my house and all of its responsibilities.

January 18- spent the day in Washington, DC with my Chinese students.  Went to Trump’s celebration event and it was boring.

January 19- Movie: Hidden Figures.  What an inspiration!

January 20- The Women’s March in DC and around the world. OMG, it was great!!! Over 250,000 of us hit the streets. I needed this moment.

January 21- slept all damn day; the wonderful March exhausted me.

January 22- Apple Photo Class.  I really use my phone to make phone calls anymore.

January 23- Movie: Patriot’s Day- a tough movie to watch.

January 25- dinner with my Haiti friends

January 26- booked my trip to go cross country on the train (Feb12-15). Can’t wait.

January 27- theatre: Sierra Leone Refuge Act-I've wanted to see this band for a long time.- Philadelphia

January 28- Immigration Protest @ PHL airport.  The protesters were afraid.  I never thought I would see this much fear in my country.

January 30- Dinner with Jen Hogan and her daughter who is on the boys’ wrestling team

January 31- two breweries today: Half Moon Brewery and Bog Turtle Brewery.  Both in Oxford, PA

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2017 Brewery of the Year

2017 Brewery of the Year
Pineland Brewery
NJ

I visited 39 breweries this year and so many of them offered great beers, fun ambience and enjoyable food options.  But this brewery stands out because of its farm to brewery philosophy.  Many of the local fruits from the farms of New Jersey are used to make their seasonal beers. This brewery is committed to making an impact on sustainability and I haven't seen that effort with any other brewery.

This brewery has a butternut squash beer as an alternative to pumpkin beer and it is delicious.  I also loved the vanilla porter.  There was a nitro coconut beer that was tasty but could be dangerous to drink because it went down so smoothly.  I could consume too many of these beers on a hot summer afternoon.