Wander With Wayne

This week was different than a common COVID-19 week.  Ken came to visit and helped repair sprinklers. He stayed Friday night and Saturday. Ada was unable to come, but sent flowers. As Ken was here, my Aunt Julie and Uncle Greg also came to visit. Greg delivered a gun to Clark.  Dean and Michelle came to visit Dad & Mom as well as Greg and Julie. Dean came at just the right moment (a fuse blew on the pump, less than 2 minutes before he arrived). He’d experienced it before and helped us fix it). At the end of visiting, Dean also spent about 10 minutes adjusting the fuel/air mixture on the motorcycle carburetors – neither of our motorcycles were running well, until he took those few minutes… They now run great!  Clark stopped by for a visit during the week.  Tim & his family visited Greg, Julie, Grandpa and Grandma, while Noell and I were on a drive.  Clint & Kim stopped in to visit for Mother’s Day  Greg & Sherilynn’s family came ...

As I’ve grown, it's becoming clear to me how much I dislike shopping for clothes. When I shop, I have a hard time picking out clothes that I like. Often the clothes in the store follow a fad much too closely. I prefer things that just look nice and continue to look nice. If I have to shop, I buy inexpensive clothes from Walmart. My preferred shopping is done at thrift stores, where I can buy quality clothes for very low prices. My cherished clothes, since I was a child, came from others. My favorite winter gloves weren’t exactly a match. The left glove that was black and red and the right glove was blue and orange. I loved them so much because they were very warm and they came from my friend down the street. I also burst into tears when my brother, Fred gave me his used coat the winter I was laid off after 9-11 and we moved from Cedar City Utah back to Idaho. From the time Fred got married, his wife, Cherilynn has kept him in great clothes. Through the years, some of my favo...