Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire, and Other News

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Demetrios is in the 3rd day of a cold, so we have both been staying away from Kostas. I don't have it (so far) but we want to be very cautious. We are staying clear of Christos, too, who already has emphysema.

Kostas, meanwhile, is doing very well -- finally! Yesterday all his various tubes were removed. He is walking normally and is projected to be discharged in 2 or 3 more days.

We went downtown a few evenings ago, just for fun. I wanted to look in a craft store that sells mosaic tiles. I have designed a mosaic I want to make. We found the store, but...first, the tiles turned out to be cubes, not tiles, of glass. Second, the gold (on one surface only of each cube) is real gold. Making the price horrendous -- up to 200 Euros a kilo, and I would need probably 8 to 10 kilos for this oversized project, a small wall. I am going to check out ceramic tiles.

We bought chestnuts. In winter, but starting now, vendors downtown roast them over small charcoal fires they light in a metal box designed for the purose and sell the chestnuts hot. Demetrios likes them just as well boiled; I like them better that way. So we bought some uncooked chestnuts, too.

Hint from Helen: Do not encourage visits from doves on laundry day. Do hang the laundry in such a way as to minimize horizontal surface area. Bring the laundry in as soon as it is dry.

Hint from Helen: The young lady next door is not having a heart attack and does not need or want your help.