I would LOVE to write an honest-to-God blog right now. Really, I would. I know my mind would be better for the writing, but folks, it's just not happening. I've started no fewer than three blogs in the past 27 hours. Sadly, I've finished precisely zero and have decided to resort to a list of less-demanding thoughts, thoughts that politely refrain from insisting that I link them together in paragraph form. Therefore, in no particular order, I present my March Musings.
1. Ignorant, hateful people need to go away.
2. We all need to defend that which we know is right and decry that which we know is wrong, even when those actions cause us discomfort.
3. I am trapped in Bizarro World. Seriously. It's everywhere right now!
4. The Midwest is in a staring contest with Old Man Winter. So far, nobody's blinked.
5. It is MARCH. Winter will blink before long.
6. I have not worried about a filmy hula-hoop tornado falling from the flies for five days.
7. The aforementioned tornado did not fall during a performance. Thank you, God. We appreciate your cooperation on that one.
8. I have not set off a hand-held incendiary device in five days, and I miss it. Maybe tomorrow. Fireballs are great fun when they are intentional.
9. By virtue of hard work, team work, and MUCH work, we did a fabulous job with a difficult show.
10. Free time and normal amounts of sleep are good.
11. That time-consuming, grey-hair-growing, sleep-depriving, trickery-filled, working-with-friends show made winter bearable.
12. Currently, I am hosting a brain riot. I do not enjoy hosting brain riots.
13. Camera-friendly days cure brain riots, so anytime Old Man Winter wants to blink and get it over with, it will be fine by me. Psst! God? You could pitch in if you were so inclined.
14. I am grateful to know the cures for what ails me. Some of those cures come from Walgreens, and some of those cures come from knowing myself and what works.
15. I would REALLY love a day to myself with my camera and some cooperation from Mother Nature.
16. Kid #1 will be 21 in two weeks and is looking at grad school.
17. Kid #2 is working nights.
18. Kid #3 takes the ACT next month.
19. I got old.
19a. Old isn't all bad.
20. Right now, my perfect day (and it could happen whenever you see fit, God) would involve my hammock, my pool, warm sunshine, my camera, my book, Miller Lite, and the time to wander back and forth. I can forgo the beer if it helps.
21. Switzerland may find it unsettling to learn that they were, in fact, a powerful German state during WW II, and that Prussia is a fine place to go if you want watches, chocolates, or secret accounts. (according to a few of my 7th graders)
22. Soon, and for the first time in my life, I will go mushrooming and not be able to share the fun and the find with my grandpa, a realization that makes me ache.
23. I know that I will feel him there with me nonetheless, walking stick in his hand, Old-Timer knife in his pocket, and twinkle in his eye.
24. I am blessed--thoroughly and undeniably blessed--by simply knowing some of the people in my life, young, old, and in between.
25. Just how much would it bug my Aunt Audrey and my math-brained, inside-the-box, perfectly-organized friends if I ended on a number that is not a multiple of five?
26. And I end with a wondering, ornery smile . . .
Tonya, You can go mushrooming wihtout Grandpa. It will be different but you can do it. You will commune with him in the woods and think about what he taught you about how to find the mushrooms and about life. You'll find the mushrooms, clean, cook and eat them and honor him when you do it. The precious ones gone from us are still in our hearts and memories and in the way we live our lives each day.
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