Texas Book Festival and more

Sue decided to extend her stay in Houston and turn it into a mini vacation, and since I was feeling remarkably well, we took the opportunity to head to Austin, TX for the Texas Book Festival held in and around the state Capital.  I've attended every year for the past 10 years so was glad to be able to make it this year too.  Lots of fun as always and got to hear some authors speak and attend book signings (and of course acquire more signed first editions to add to my library).  Gem not surprisingly was captured by one of the photographers while at the festival and had this picture posted on their site.

 

And then here Gem and I are with Norman Lear who at age 92 is on tour promoting his book, "Even This I get to Experience".  A saying he has (and even named one of his production companies after) is T.A.T. which stands for "Tuchus Affen Tisch", Yiddish for "Putting one's butt on the line".  I have an appreciation for that concept, the idea of personal responsibility and ownership.  A colleague recently recommended a book called QBQ, The Question Behind the Question, which is all about practicing personal accountability at work and in life, and now required reading in some work environments.

 

And speaking of work,  when Monday rolled around it was back to work for me, albeit from home, and Sue was able to hang out and catch up on some much needed reading and relaxing.  We enjoyed watching movies and TV shows together like "The Jane Austen Book Club" and "Death at Pemberly", reviewing our ancestry tree, shopping, and checking out various parks while walking Gem.  All in all a good recovery week and I heard from the doctor that "All's clear and no future treatment is needed".  As my digestion recovered we even took the opportunity to do some cooking including getting Doug's help to make the Shoofly Pie box mix I purchased while with Tyler and Gabby at Easter.  We also walked up the street to a favorite sandwich shops, "Maine-ly Sandwiches" and picked up dinner one night.  I did however skip on one of my favorites, the homemade whoopee pies, primarily due to a "wedding accountability group" I joined :)

 

Thanks for being here Sue and helping to make the recovery so much easier.