About things I used to do.

I have been in a darkened movie theater only once in 5 years. Because I cannot bring myself to enter alone. Without Jeanne. Used to be that we saw 2 or 3 movies a week. All kinds of films. The popular ones. The not-so-popular. The offbeat. Foreign films. With subtitles. Mostly in the campus theaters around the University of Minnesota. We saw every film nominated for an Academy Award. Now, I haven't seen any of them. Oh, I'll get back to the movies again. Maybe soon. I even stopped going out to eat when Jeanne was in the nursing home. Because Jeanne wasn't with me. I'm beginning to eat out more now. Often, I bring along a book or a newspaper. Or a notepad. To write. My thoughts. About things I used to do. --Jim Broede