Rollin'

CATCH UP: It's been a whirlwind here at MPA. Last Friday was our wedding anniversary. We spent part of it picking up an arcade table from a local business we frequent. The table had quit working and Christian had fixed another one like it for them before, so he was asked to lend a hand again. He and CJ worked on it. There were lots of problems, from shoddy wiring to a non-functioning coin mechanism. Christian rewired pretty much the whole thing and found a $10 part to take care of the coin issues. We returned the table last night, better than new.

Saturday, we attended a family reunion in the afternoon. It was nice to see relatives from California, the Carolinas, Idaho, and other Washington cities all in one place (a lovely old home on Queen Anne). After that fun, were off to the University District, for our monthly Teen Feed service. 

It was busy, as always. I barely remembered to take one picture. Annabelle was in her R2D2 Halloween costume. It actually came in handy, because she's wearing Heelys, which are rollerskate shoes, so she was able to roll around the dining room quickly, clearing tables and bringing dishes to the dish washing room. The diners got a kick out of her outfit.

SPORTY: We have been watching World Series action. The Red Sox were the best team in baseball this year, and that carried on over into the Series. They pretty much killed the Dodgers, 4 games to 1. We did see some World Series history, what with game 3 being the longest game in the history of the event. Eighteen long innings. It was the only game the Dodgers won.

Speaking of baseball, we watched part of a Library of Congress video about their baseball collection, called  Inside Baseball: Collections as Data

One thing I learned from the video was that country singer Charley Pride was a professional baseball player. I had no idea! He was a pitcher for the Memphis Red Sox, among other Negro League teams.  Pride, now 84 years old, is a part owner of the Texas Rangers, and reportedly still trains with them every spring. Who knew?! Below is an old baseball card with Pride's picture.

Earlier this year, Sports Illustrated published a cool story about him in, calling him "Country Music's Jackie Robinson."

ARTSY: Annabelle continues to participate in "Inktober," a month-long drawing exercise where she has to produce one ink drawing per day, often with a semi-spooky theme.

She has been posting her pictures to Instagram nightly. You can see them on her profile
https://www.instagram.com/spooked.unicorn/