All alone...with 60 minorleague baseball games,,,

 yes, that is right---I think that through the afternoon and evening, I will be able to look at 60 probably more because some are double headers) baseball games being played in "the bushes". Kept me pretty occupied yesterday and Friday---at first I thought that this would not be a productive idea, but the heat and the fact that all those games could be watched for free, clinched the deal. The result: well, some interesting games yesterday, and a sense of continuity when it comes to knowing the players who make up the teams. Will I continue if I am asked to pay. The cost for the full season is around $25.00, not really expensive, yet some part of me tells me to refuse. Too much distraction. How many hours can I go today...since there are games on from 12:00 to the evening? Can't say---but that Bowie-Erie match up sure seems interesting.

Otherwise just hanging in...completed Major Barbara by Shaw---it gets very talky in the end, but the ideas are still very strong. Must read more Shaw--when I return to the library tomorrow, will try to figure out what next play to choose. Thank heavn for the Lincoln Center Library that has re-opened; finally a place to spend a few hours in the afternoon. Still pretty empty---wonder how long that will go on. Miss the snack bar that was on the first floor; now there is a nice reading space behind the library that was not there before---but no food or drink. Have not tried it yet---too warm, but might soon. Still have not gotten to the rebuilt large library on 5th and 40th. Really want to go there---they are supposed to have really upscaled the place---the old library was very functional---I liked it---but oh, those bathrooms--the worst! That is something to look forward to---I bet that the rebuilt library has bathrooms that are truly usable. Important for me, in my current state---hope to check it out soon.

Not much else---checked out the fifth book in the autobiographical sequence of Henry Roth; this one about him as a young adult, falling in love with the woman who would become his life long partner. Taken from his manuscripts by his very talented editor, who used to hang with me in the late nineties at the All State Cafe. Have read it once a few years ago, but I enjoyed Roth's other autobiographical book in that series so much---found it so completely stimulating--that I really want to get into this one as well.

So Sunday baseball and other stuff begins---will report soon.