Life of Wry

It’s just lovely to wake up at the Hotel Grinnell. It’s a nice place.. simple, solid, spacious, well equipped, clever.

The Periodic Table, their cafe/bar/restaurant is about to be taken over by the Prairie Canary, so we were given vouchers for a couple places downtown for coffee and/or breakfast. We chose coffee and found the wonderful Saint’s Rest:

The rest of the day was all about Cornishes. We headed to Bonnie’s (Cornish) place on Turnbury… and dove right into food and conversation. And a little Bailey’s in our coffee.

Here’s Matt and Kyle (Cornish) diving deep.

We literally talked for hours. In the late afternoon, Keaton (Cornish) showed up and we had some really fun conversation about travel and hiking and Everest Base Camp. Kevin and Karla (Cornish) showed up a bit after that with Cam and Lincoln (Cornish), and most of the Beck clan — Scott, McKenna (formerly a Cornish), Gemma and Deacon (Lila was at her dad’s for the weekend up in Minnesota).

After hanging out for a good long while, we all headed to El Cascabel (which became a Mexican restaurant since last we visited). Had a great time!

We weren’t talked out yet, so went back to Aunt Bonnie’s house for more…

The brothers.. Kevin and Kyle.

I got to talk at length with Karla who told me all about ghosts, her former life as a high school and college athlete, and so much more.

It was exactly the kind of day I was looking forward to.