New windows, office, sans blue glass
On Facebook last week, I saw a post about needing something to give impetus to tackling the things that needed doing. Coffee was the answer. Someone commented about wishing there weren’t things to do. I reacted: “No, without things to do, it would be awful.”
Seated in my office, I had only to look around to see several “things” that needed attention.
One was updating the CALLIOPE scheduling since the general editor gave me leave to add two more poems to each issue. Only then can I answer the poet submitters about when their poems can be scheduled.
Another was revising my latest submission to the writers group for critiques
A third was to prepare my 4th book manuscript–incomplete as it is–for viewing by the editor who agreed to publish it.
Filing is always a thing to be done now that I’ve bought more card boxes. Oh, wait. I bought those way last summer. Geez! Where has the time gone?
And in this same room, the frames of the new windows need painting. And then I can rehang the hardware for the horizontal shelving which will hold the remainder of the blue-glass collection I had to take down (and wash) before the windows installation.
By Sunday evening my weekly newspaper column wasn’t finished. That was one ‘thing’ I had to do before anything else. The second thing was to email the minister next Sunday’s service music for the bulletin.
Monday’s “things-to-do” list included notifying poetry submitters about whether their poems were accepted, and if so, when they would be scheduled (see above).
While the weather was spring-like, I hoped to work more in the yard raking the myriad oak leaves thus re-animating the recently-burned brush pile.
Daffodils are blossoming, japonica is pink with blooms, and the pansies dare the cold weather to bother them. Mr. Groundhog predicted an early spring, and for a few days, he was right. But, understandably, he doesn’t keep up with climate change or even the calendar, so what does he really know? Only we know that more winter is in our forecast.
Here's a quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson: "Do the thing and you will have the power." Where's my coffee?
Before - a year's worth of detritus
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2 comments:
There are ALWAYS things to do. Always and always. It looks and sounds as if you have been very productive.
Stay warm, stay safe - and have fun.
You are organized and seem to thrive on your busy schedule. Congratulations on that 4th book.
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