Saturday March 15 2008

Mud

Sitting down to write with a hot cup of tea with honey. Today is the infamous Ides of March. I never knew the exact meaning so today I finally looked it up. Always thought it was something complicated, interesting or exciting, but .... no...... it's really boring. In the Roman calendar, the term ides was used for the 15th day of the months of March, May, July and October, and the 13th day of the other 8 months. The term has come to be used as a metaphor for impending doom - i.e Beware the Ides of March (as in the quote from Bill Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar). Two thousand fifty-two years ago on this day, in 44 BC, the Roman emperor Julius Caesar was stabbed to death by senators who called themselves the Liberatores (Liberators) and claimed they were preserving the integrity of the Roman system. And I found out that Brutus was the son of one of Caesar's lovers.

SCAG is scheduled for today over in Big Piney, the writer's group, but although Charm has offered to drive and encouraged me to go see everyone, it just doesn't seem like something I want to do. More effort than reward or something. This is the first morning I've felt pretty good since the last treatment, so think I'll just stay home and take it easy. Bet you get tired of hearing the news of what I DON'T do. ......O.K. Today I did the laundry!!

Joe took the dogs and went out to get Friday's mail. We had such a wind yesterday afternoon he didn't go out for it. He said the lane is drifted in some, but the rest of the way to the mailbox is o.k. Big Kahuna is over the top of the corral now and the front two corrals seem level full of snow maybe 5' or 6' deep. We haven't tried to get in the barn all winter. The kitties sure have an obstacle course getting back and forth to their dinner. (Oh -I saw Tigger today sitting in the sun.) The field is all leveled and rearranged with ripples like sand on a beach. This morning is calm, warm(er) and sunny, even though a chance of snow is predicted again.

Nancy called me from Wickenburg this morning. She sounds great. We had such a nice visit about all that philosophical stuff, and how we dispose of our stuff and get our stuff in order. We decided we really don't have the answers except just to have fun doing something we like. And she is nuts4rocks!

Wow! Sheral sent me a passionate pink "ooooo feel how soft" sweatshirt. It just came in the mail. Also some souvenirs of Zane and Kerri's wedding, which was another thing I was sorry to have missed. The menus just made me drool. Thank you for your thoughtfulness, you guys. Have a good time in Arizona.

Zane and Kerri in New Zealand on their honeymoon.

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