The Busy Baker

Today was busy, peaceful, distressing, reassuring and exhausting. Between all of the emotions, I got nowhere near posting an entry, which brought about the emotion of guilt. So I sit here, still experiencing guilty exhaustion, attempting to gather my thoughts. So let me do a quick baker's dozen...

1. "May I smoke in here?" "Only if you're on fire."
2. Barbecue with good food and good company.
3. Played a couple rounds of Quarters, a crazy card game.
4. a.k.a. Screw Your Neighbor (according to the youngsters)
5. a.k.a. Take All of David's Quarters (according to me)
6. Eleven-year olds play ruthlessly and have no sympathy for poor twenty-somethings trying to make it in this world.
7. Stopped by Japantown's Obon Festival on Sunday.
8. Went to the Mountain Winery in Saratoga that evening.
9. It is a beautiful venue with a wonderful view of San Jose.
10. The Mother Truckers opened and had a great song called "Put the Gun Down".
11. Dwight Yoakam was the main act and was excellent.
12. I especially loved "The Back of Your Hand", "Two Doors Down" and "Fast As You".

Addendum: Technically, the photo is the thirteenth, but I'm not one to quibble... apparently.

13. Accidentally woke up early on Sunday (thinking it was Monday) and went running against my will (since I couldn't fall back asleep).