Budget hits home

When we got to our watercolor class this afternoon we learned that the class will be stricken from the budget at the end of the semester. I was really disappointed and it cast something of a pall over the session. California is in financial difficulties and it's affecting us all.

We've been extraordinarily fortunate to have a free class offered through the local community college to senior citizens at a senior center. And it's easy to understand that, in a time of hardship, when the choice is between funding freshman who need classes to get a basic education and senior citizens for whom the class is primarily enrichment, the kids will come first.

There is a possibility that the class will be picked up by the center itself and a nominal fee will be charged - in which case life will pretty much go on as usual. That decision will be made soon.

Bummer!