Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Settling in at Omaha has taken up most of the past month!  Not easy.  I've had to put aside Social-Uplift writing for most of it.

The difficulty is in finding a place I can afford.  I like where I'm at on 39th Street, if I can afford to stay.  Also, by hunting around the town, I've found an excellent Senior Center, Bill Norton, Manager at St. Mary Magdalene Church, Dodge Street.  I'm making use of two food pantries--one at First Presbyterian Church on Farnam, and one at First Baptist Church on Park Avenue.  And, I've returned to Trinity Episcopal Cathedral (Dean Hurley remembered me from the last time I was here), where Mass is really divine and where there's a good adult group meeting before the choral service at 10:30.

I'm taking advantage of free meals, as always!

The difference between settling in this time and times before is that I'm really making use of the services provided for the poor and  indigent; and to this point my landlord has been understanding, too.  We'll see.

So, herein is a precis of my personal progress.

P.S.  I had 2 operations on my right ankle in Reno earlier in the year performed by Dr. Althausen.  He did a magnificent job.  I thought for sure I'd need a walker, a cane--maybe both--or a wheelchair (the condition when I entered the hospital looked so serious), but so far, as Althausen had said, I wouldn't need anything but to exercise it by walking!