Sunday Stuff

In the last few days I have been looking for interesting and useful {and preferably free } software for my Mac.What I really needed was a nice little calendar into which I could put appointments. Yes, there was ICal which came with the computer but that is obviously designed for the life of a businesswoman not someone who just wants to be reminded about doctor’s appointments and when the monthly book club meet. And the Google calendar has the same problem of having too many bells and whistles.

Well, I eventually found a cute little calendar which worked perfectly. It sat on the desktop and days when I had entered something were circled. If I put the cursor over the circle, a tiny little note popped up.  I was happy. Then I found the fly in the ointment. When I opened the software again this morning, instead of the calendar, a Bible verse popped up. I had to click on the verse to get my calendar. This really annoyed me. If there had been an option in the preference to opt in or out of that, well, ok. But there wasn’t. It wasn’t mentioned anywhere in the program or on the website. It was just there. As far as I am concerned, this is shoving religion down my throat. 

And so I exercised my freedom of choice, the option the program didn’t give me, and dumped it. In its place, I downloaded Sunbird, which is the Mozilla calendar program. It may also be on the edge of being too complex for what I need but I will give it a trial for a day of two…

Today I walked up to the drug store and got Fred’s prescription refills. I seem to be able to manage one short walk a day.

This afternoon it was cool enough to have to wear a long-sleeved shirt when I was sitting outside reading.

Until later…

QUOTATIONS:

"Step by step. I can’t think of any other way of accomplishing anything."

Michael Jordan

"Fear not for the future, weep not for the past."

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) English poet