nice day at Friends,

....yesterday---good to see everyone, both staff and many of my favorite students. Everybody very "cheery"---a lot of warmth. A few other dates are now spoken for, so I should be there fairly often. I hope so, my day is really enhanced when I am there. 

 After returning from Friends, decided to stay in--physically kind of tired---also some of the old "stomach" problems were cropping up. Still do not know if I will take the colonoscopy procedure on 10/15. I know, I know, everyone tells me to take it, and no one of the many people that I know who have had one, people of all ages, have suffered any ill effects afterwards. Still...have my doubts. Well, will continue to self-dialogue, and see how it plays out. 

 Monday is the Jewish holiday and Friends is closed, so there is no chance of my being called. So a long weekend awaits. This afternoon will probably go to Bushwick to show support for some of the BAN group---they are having an open house at Mayday to discuss the pernicious rezoning that the city wants to do in their neighborhood. After that, not sure. Toyed with the idea of getting a TDF ticket to Athena, a play that I want to see at Jack, but did not go ahead with it..Can always visit cobra, or find a movie, anywhere in this vast city. What about Five Brothers, the thought just occurred to me? Well, Sunset Park is on the other side of the world from Bushwick (though still in Brooklyn)  and I don't have anything really fascinating to read, which would be beneficial if I was there. But it is an idea. Anyway, we will see. Tomorrow I will go to cobra in the afternoon, maybe stay for the whole football game, maybe for both games, not sure. But I enjoy being there on Sundays, still a lot of people who I am friendly with. But I miss South Fourth, still have not seen most of the "regulars" with whom I interacted with almost every week. I did meet one of them, Harlo, on the subway on Wednesday, we had an interesting conversation, and I hope to see her again soon. Nothing etched in stone, though. 

  Monday is open, though I should go to the Motor Vehicles Bureau to renew my drivers licence. Question: If I don't renew, can I still use the licence for identification? I don't see why not, since I could only be penalized if I was driving, which I have not done in a long time. 

Kind of down at this moment; I think so much of the news is depressing, from the Federal world, to the city world---well, that is why we much keep fighting and spreading the word.

Will report on Monday