Still looking for the new

It's been challenging lately to do/see/experience Somethings New because Sweet Hubby and I have been staying inside most of the time to avoid the smoky air.  I'm grateful not to be closer to the fires raging around us.  I believe this smoke is currently coming from Eastern WA.  It has been almost a month of bad air, which is a shame.  We missed a lot of the last of the warm days when it would have been good to be out on the deck, and it has been difficult to get in as many steps as I usually do because of not taking my nice long walks.

SH and I did venture out on our final couch-hunting expedition.  After sitting on many, many couches covered in many different fabrics, we finally found the one we both really like, as well as the fabric to cover it.  It won't arrive for several months because it is being custom upholstered.  This is the first time we've looked for and bought a brand new piece of large furniture together, so I'm counting this as Something New.

I've also begun writing a new short play, my first play based on a fairy tale (Something New!).  I've been slogging through a couple of difficult, somber full length plays and needed to take a break, so this new one is going to be light and funny (or so I hope).  It's about Prince Charming telling his father that he has met the girl he wants to marry (Snow White), and the king's reaction to learning that she has been living with seven male dwarfs.

I also went through, cleaned out, wiped down, and re-organized one of my desk drawers, the one which holds a  hodge-podge of brads, tacks, rubber bands, new pencils and pens, glue, head lamps, calculator, etc.  I discovered 8 thumb drives, some of which seem to be empty, some of which carry videos from early early tunnel flying sessions.  One has my photos from the trip to Palestine, and another is a video of a movie version of one of my short plays, starring Ed Asner and Barbara Baine.  (Sadly, not a very good movie, although it won a couple of awards at minor film festivals.)  I want to go through these thumb drives with SH to see if I'm missing content on the ones which seem to be empty.

And I bought a purple, almost black, bell pepper and a Japanese cucumber.  Neither of them terrible exotic, but still, I'd never tried either before because I tend to go for what I already am familiar with.  Both were quite tasty.

I'm setting out tomorrow on another trip to CA, this time to officiate my niece's wedding.  It's going to be a big family gathering, and I'm excited about it, but recognize that I may not be posting every day.  Still, I'll do my best to keep stretching and exploring and experimenting.