Cleaning the basement today

The good news was the chair arrived and it opened just exactly the way it was supposed to.

The cleaning just needs the basement done today and I can get back to the Companion Charting book. I would really like to finish it in November and maybe it will work and I will do so. Then on to the Blake and Pincombe books which I am keen to get back to once again. The Siderfin sort of merges with the Pincombe because it is Elizabeth Rew who married John Pincombe and Elizabeth's mother was Elizabeth (Siderfin) Rew. But updating an earlier book is a big chore actually. You have all that literature to go through that was in the original book and then chart it all since there was just the one pedigree chart and James Sanders did not make definitive decisions always on where the placement was within the chart. 

Still no snow but perhaps by the end of the month. It is strange not to have snow by now although has perhaps happened before. I do not keep a chart of such things. 

Tea time and then breakfast. Start the robot and do my Latin. Day all organized and that works well for me. 

Going to an interesting discussion today: Demystifying and understanding the intricacies of mistreatment of older adults. A lot of discussion on institutional care and I had not really thought about that before. So very interesting to listen to.

I just noticed that 200 children have been killed in Lebanon; why don't they bring the children here to protect them. Surely there are many many Lebanese here in North America that could take in children like we did the British children during the War. So sad.