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Cataract surgery tomorrow

7/31/2019

Tomorrow at 11 A.M. I am having cataract surgery. I’m not nervous about it but it is a rather new experience for me. I’ve had very little personal medical experience--a couple of colonoscopies, surgery for Dupuytren's Contracture (hand), and giving birth to my two children. Very lucky, very grateful.
Thankfully, leading up to tomorrow, I’ve felt surrounded by silence, solitude, and simplicity, which I sum up in one word: calm. A series of eye drops, delivering brownies to a friend, a good book, and asking friends for prayers--that’s been it today.

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Out of balance with too much TV

7/26/2019

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I watched the entire Mueller hearing and then kept glued to the commentary that followed. I’m glad I did, at least the live Mueller part. Glad because I wanted to form my own opinion, which I know will be important as history moves forward.
That being said, I also learned that too much news keeps me out of balance. At the end of the day I was numb; I couldn’t more on; I couldn’t read my book. I was thankful when it was time to go to bed, even though of course I didn’t sleep well.
TV disrupts the silence, solitude, and simplicity that I long for and that on most days I pay serious attention to. My TV watching marathon on Wednesday taught me about the balance I want in my life, but it also signaled that I probably need to get out of balance in order to appreciate it.

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Microburst miracle

7/20/2019

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A few evenings ago we experienced a microburst, a mini-hurricane. The intensity lasted about a minute, then rain, then it stopped, and then the ball game began.
Only a few little branches fell in our yard, but not so in the neighborhood. On my walk the next day branches covered the walkway and it looked like the five trees that split open and fell in one yard missed the house. I call it a miracle.
In the aftermath of such a microburst, I’m thinking that any tree or branch still standing will be given a reprieve when the next storm appears.

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Reading is a constant

7/16/2019

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One of the constants in my life is reading. Constant when silence, solitude, and simplicity are interrupted in small or big ways, and constant when all is calm. There is always a book on the table. Of the books i took out the other day on Touch a Truck Day, I’ve read two, discarded two, kept one, and taken out another. For me this is easy joy because I live across from the library. But wherever I might live in town, it would be an easy drive. Not so in the city; carrying five or six books home on public transportation would be a challenge.
Then there is the beautiful truth that libraries are free. I’m aware that my library habit doesn’t support the economy the way that book buying does, but with all these freedoms, I read more .
Retreat into a book and you’ll always have a hold on silence, solitude, and simplicity.

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Books and trucks and the library

7/10/2019

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What a surprise to see that this is my first post of the month. It’s been busy here at Camp Fisher but now things are back to our usual silent, solitary, and simple routine. July 4th festivities and company have departed. All good. In fact they make this quiet time more precious and appreciated. I definitely like a change of pace.
   Earlier this morning, from our open widows, I could hear the whistle of the little train at Truck Day over at the library. Well, when we took our grandkids it was called “Truck Day,” but now it’s “Touch a Truck Day.”
    I just went over; took a few pictures outside, and a few books from inside--random books from the stacks. New books don’t seem to appeal to me these days. Maybe it’s because the characters are younger than me—younger by many, many years. Maybe I want stories set back when I was younger. Regardless, I wanted a good novel so I pulled a book from the shelf, read the dust cover, and made a choice. I came home with five.
      I’m very grateful for libraries and that I live within hearing and seeing distance of one.

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Cataract surgery tomorrow

Out of balance with too much TV

Microburst miracle

Reading is a constant

Books and trucks and the library

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