What's keeping you juicy and hopeful in spite of everything? What brings peace, inspiration, and optimism?
For Betty and Carlene, it's jigsaw puzzling. Betty directed me to a site called Serious Puzzles--which you might check out as I did last night. They sell beautiful puzzles.
Ir may be online classes, art exhibits, writing, Botanical Gardens, painting, cooking, reading....
For me right now, it's two things: searching online for a puppy and taking another awesome art class with Lyn Belisle, this one with her friend and collaborator, Michelle Belto.
I'm like the proverbial kid in a candy shop watching art classes. I can watch and play all night if I want to because there is absolutely nothing on the calendar that requires me to go anywhere the next morning. Or--as Carlene says when we're on a road trip and meandering back roads, "Nobody's waiting for us."
Yesterday I did a U-Turn and asked a walker, "What kind of dog is that?" (I do that all the time!) She was training a big gorgeous puppy to stop on command and sit.
Puppy walkers are so friendly. "A Newfoundland," she said. This puppy is already as large as a nearly-grown German Shepherd; she's going to be a giant when she grows up, definitely not a lap dog.
At Bed, Bath and Beyond, looking for wash cloths, I talked to a woman with an 11-year-old dog who's a backyard accidental mix of a bull dog and a Bijon Frise. Lulu's bull dog paternity wasn't noticeable, she looked like the kind of dog I'm looking for: friendly and cuddly. She goes everywhere with her Person--and that's the main quality I'm after, a companion puppy who likes to travel, even to Bed Bath and Beyond.
It's five in the morning, the wind is blowing, it's raining, and my house smells like garlic. I sliced a bulb for printing on paper later, left it on the counter, and its fragrance has permeated the house. I've taken a drive in the rain, watched a few sessions of Lyn's class, and now am feeling sleepy enough that I'm going to finish my night's sleep if I can.
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