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December 1, 2021

Nine-thirty

Wednesday. To sleep not all that long after ten to awaken at five-thirty again. Seems to be enough sleep. The blood pressure was in the one-thirties over the seventies and so took the blood pressure med, not happy to see it so high so early, up to walk to breakfast after listening to Democracy Now! under clear skies, arriving a little early to enter the indoor dining area, turn on the lights and settle in with the papers.

The plain waffle with sliced bananas and strawberries, fruit cup and coffee, the weight a little high on the scale this morning, finishing up at a quarter after nine to cross Grand to document the four cent drop in the price of regular at the station, then back to walk to the barber shop taking the usual flower pictures along the way.

Got the haircut (I was overdue) and continued on home, passing a memorial set out on the sidewalk near where a man had been shot and killed Sunday afternoon by a gunman who'd been breaking into parked cars along Grand across from the Lake Merritt Pergola.

On home to take the selfie in the lobby and settle in at the computer after taking the blood pressure to find it within bounds before editing and posting yesterday's entry, process the morning's pictures and start here.

Later. The blood pressure was high enough to take another dose of the blood pressure med at noon and high enough again at two and so three doses of the med now that we're well into the afternoon.

Evening. A high of seventy degrees in my neighborhood, seventy-three in downtown Oakland, setting a record for the day, the air quality into the Unhealthy For Some category. Otherwise what to say? More time on the tablet and a fourth dose of the blood pressure med. Oh, and lights out at nine-thirty.

The photo up top was taken in May 2015 at the San Francisco Carnaval Parade with a Nikon D4s mounted with a 70-200mm f 2.8 VR II Nikkor lens.


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