A Beautiful Pool

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A marble hand rail down into the Greek pool in front of the main house at Hearst Castle. Below: A colonnade next to the pool, and a ceiling view of the colonnade on the left side of the pool. 2010.

Himself: Swam, got a good walk in, grocery shopping, and “I don’t remember” about anything else. Herself: Swam, blogged, and dug into building a template and cover of the chapbook. It’s kind of wishy-washy looking, but it’s a start. I’m calling it, “Biography, a few collected moments.” The cover, acknowledgements, contents, and page 4 are begun. Today no swim as I am going to the dentist for my cleaning then to the store to work on the books. Books: Finished Dana Stabenow’s “The Singing of the Dead” which leaves me wondering why I haven’t read more of her work. Gratitude: For my doggedness in that I was able to make a template that works and looks good too.

After spending the day frustrated with my design capabilities, I had one of those moments yesterday while we were out grocery shopping. I knew just what I was going to write about. Clearly. By the time I got home with my arms filled with shopping bags, my head was blank.

No passion, no action, no intelligence, just rote reaction. Put the groceries away, read for a while, make bean burritos…..now those were good, and work creating pages for the chap book. I could do this. Wishy-washy but a start…..and I have learned a lot about Office 2007.

Note to self: Put a pen and note book in your backpack.