"Over town" I say about where I'm walking. It ain't much, but it's a walk. More mornings than not. Along Edgar Avenue the Sportsman Tavern is open. And I'm okay with stopping in and sitting at the bar, but the big deal is Flavor Mutt.
Who? Well, have a look at this. The Mutt makes several kinds of lunch. And they will sell you a loaf of their bread. If you have to ask "how much?" you can't afford it.
Just kidding. It's eight dollars for a loaf. And easily the best bread I've had since I was coming and going from Smitty's on South Fourth in Lafayette. This is sharp-knife bread. And I mention in passing that Smitty has a sign on the door that he makes hard crust bread. If that's not what you are looking for, you are in the wrong place.
The Sportsman had been a day-drinker, sticky-floor kind of place. With decades of cigarette smoke on and soaked into every surface. Then it was closed while two local people changed it into a place where ya' might want to go with friends.
Closer to home on Greenbrier Ave -
I suspect that this bookcase was built into a doorway by well-meaning people who seized an opportunity. And it is in the space that once gave access to the attic. There is a chimbly back there. But also way too much room on either side of the brickwork for it to not be something, and why have a doorway. Stay tuned, but don't expect rapid action. - The other possible access is through outside windows a good forty feet off the ground.
Windows. Did someone mention windows? Ellen wanted a cracked pane replaced. And she wanted acrylic instead of glass. Martin & Jones Hardware cut a replacement that was spot on size. The chore was getting things apart. God knows what was used to set the original glass, but some of it was tough and left me wishing I had an angle grinder. Paint shabby. And a few things were in bad shape. Anyway, it looks good now. And it's a whole lot lighter. A factor b/c there's no sash weight for this one. I still need to do a bit of repair and caulking. - Looks like water getting in was a factor for a while.
Windows II. My purchased-used hp laptop is fifteen years old. Good for travel b/c I don't care if someone steals it. Bad in about every other way. A great deal of thought and consideration was involved before I bought a refurb ThinkPad with Win10. Not that I want the Windows. I made it dual-boot with Linux. Therein is a tale. But not here. It's a T470, and I'm pleased. And I'm amused b/c this is a premium computer with lots of nice stuff.
I still hang around where there's trains. Guys in the hardware store said it had been sitting at least four or five hours. I had a look. And it wasn't until walking home that I figurt it all out. The lead locomotive (left) has been pulled from service, and they are waiting for a replacement. CSX rolls cab-forward. And if you want a sense for why this is important, stop in a rail museum where you can climb up in the cab on a locomotive. Look out the window in each direction. Hmmn? Try a steam loco. Oh my, huh? Imagine running sixty miles per down a main line, and that's all the more you can see. - There's a museum in Clifton Forge, Virginia if you are looking for a place.
