Friday, July 17 2020

Day 126

Its a beautiful morning. The song of the cicadas drum in the thick humid air. The windchime doesn’t move and the leaves in the branches are sleeping in.

Its been a while since I could take a moment in the morning. Each day’s direction seems to have a life of its own, as the demands of the urgent take precedent over everything. Its not long before everything has become urgent. Its difficult to aim with it seems like the targets are multiplying.

Today my strategy is to take slices of the day to work on the urgent in their turns. Moving each one forward together, praying that other demands don’t interrupt. Unfortunately, I’m not a bakery and responsibilities don’t take a number.

“…and let us run with patience the race that is set before us…”

Thursday, July 16, 2020

Day 125

Among other things– like keeping children alive and planning for the school year, there must be something done about the weeds, lack of flowers, and mylar bamboo flightless kite in the front “flower” bed.

But I think waiting till early morning will be a far better option.

Its hot here-sticky, sickly hot.

Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Day 124

Our area recently mandated masks to be worn, but that hasn’t seemed to decrease how much I’ve driven since then.

Its hot and sticky in a van with a half hearted AC. Inside buildings its often hot and sticky plus a mask that increases it. The days are long but summer is running out quickly and I’m not prepared for next school year.

“To everything (turn, turn, turn)
There is a season (turn, turn, turn)
And a time to every purpose, under heaven.”

Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Remembering blue skys!

Monday, July 13, 2020

Gravel Turtle created by my son.

Raining

Saturday, July 11, 2020

Its been a book sale, get my kid back from camp kind of day.

Tuesday, July 7, 2020

Day 116

Its a picture only kind of day.

Friday, April 3, 2020

Day 21 of staying home

This afternoon is bright and warm Spring day.
Birds sing, heavy equipment rumbles somewhere out of site. It’s a beautiful peaceful day.

Its gonna be hard to do inside chores today.

This morning was a rush of clearing places for computers and devices for three zoom meetings for homeschool classes today, and getting breakfast and class supplies ready for each kid. This included a scrambling of sending emails links and gathering, printing or copying pages. Thankfully this was the best zoom class day yet. Three times a charm I guess. Also I managed to keep 3 kids happy during the lunch zoom meeting free time which has been a struggle because everyone wants to play online chess and be on zoom or watch story time on my Facebook. Now I’m breathing a sigh of success in the warm sunshine. I don’t think think I could do this every day of public elementary school zoom.

Here is to another weekend at home. I have plenty to do that I want to do and plenty of things I probably ought to do and have conveniently forgotten about. For now, I’m watching the landlord’s horses graze in the new green grass.

Have a lovely Friday.

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