Decisions Again

The basic fact here is, there was no expectation of being able to post anything anywhere today.  There was too much of a vital nature to command the time, hampered like just yesterday by such things as the wristwatch stopped as it’s in need of a new battery and the light bulb in the kitchen area burned out.  Headier stuff is, of course, more detailed in the Old Peasant’s Blog.  Since there was no expectation of getting to posting anything, there wasn’t much thought given to what might be a good topic.  There are always several things that might come under discussion, sort of like these: 

There’s what should be everyday living, like a visit to a museum and opinions about same (there are no visits anywhere at this time).  There are also current events and what is one “senior citizen” opinion of same (there isn’t much time to scan any news).  There is more that can be said about senior citizen old folks’ home apartment living, maybe not a whole lot in general any more, but certainly some.  There is much, much that can be said about pleasant little thoughts of what things were once upon a time (the reading audience might be surprised at how some of that relates to today’s living).  

Yeah, well, okay, one paragraph (since the name’s posted in the categories) about Erdokovesd.  Like Ozd’any, it’s a little village far away.  There should be two dots over the “o” letters for it to be the correct spelling.  Like Ozd’any, the place has a website, only unlike Ozd’any (which has another old and to an extent more pertinent name) it has lots of pictures to study, which occupied yours truly for an hour or so already.  If there’s anything like a castle there, it wasn’t found.  “Erdo” means “forest.”  The rest may mean “stone” (or, in total, forested stone area).  A meaning for Ozd’any hasn’t really been found; it may have some relationship to a fancy something. 

A little something is better than nothing. 

The Setting, Part 7

Apartment buildings, rather like houses, might be expected to be found anywhere.  In some places, however, zoning laws (zoning for single family housing) would prevent their construction.  In other places real estate more valuable for business purposes would overshadow any use for housing.  Therefore, there might be a lone apartment complex somewhere that got into the situation somehow; but, due to things such as multi-family zoning, there could easily be a couple relatively close to each other.  The “where” can make a difference in what is available for food and the like. 

To the north of the present apartment building, there is a narrow strip of land before one gets to the actual waters of the river.  Another apartment complex rests in the area, and a new something of the sort is being built farther to the east.  To the west and south, however, as well as to the area immediately east, there are houses.  In some cases there is more than one house on a lot; but, they are still houses.  Based on the style of the houses, the buildings were probably built close to a hundred years ago.  It’s residential, and the nearest real business places are about a half of a mile away. 

The current apartment complex was built to be an apartment complex, although it might easily be converted to something like a hotel or motel, particularly an extended stay one.  The old apartment building was built to be a Roman Catholic girls’ high school (complete with chapel).  That, too, was set in a residential area, but these days it’s a somewhat different residential area in that it carries a historic district designation.  The last apartment in Cincinnati, on the other hand, was in the heart of the downtown commercial district since it was originally a hotel, complete with ballroom, no parking and office buildings for neighbors. 

Some differences are substantial.