Here's what is going on for me Right Now on this last day of August ...
Reveling In - Cooling temperatures and the slow approach of fall!
Grateful For - The joy that a nice warm cup of tea brings me on these cooler mornings.
Wondering About - The awful abomination that is our President. I'm still making my calls to MoC, but after Charlottesville, Phoenix, Arpaio, North Korea, and his complete lack of empathy and humanity for flooding victims in Texas, my last bits of hope are waning. I know we have to keep resisting, but Robert Mueller isn't moving fast enough for me, and I just see years of this awfulness ahead.
Thinking About - My meals for much of September. John is traveling for three weeks out of the month, which means I don't have to make dinner if I don't feel like it, and I also have lots of opportunities to eat things that he doesn't like. Mmm ... Pad Thai!
Making Plans - So I don't waste too much of my "alone time" in September. I don't mind being home by myself at all, but spending much of the month reading until 3:00 am, then sleeping late, and not having enough energy to do anything except lie on the sofa in my pajamas, eat cookies, and read more does not sound like the best use of my time. (But it does sound like something I might do for a day or two ... )
Watching - The Escape Artist, a riveting PBS Masterpiece Mystery about a junior barrister whose legal skills have allowed many guilty people to go free. His legal cleverness means that he has never lost a case, but this also affects his personal life in a big way. The big draw for me is David Tennant; I would watch him in almost anything. So next up is Jessica Jones where David is the bad guy!
Looking Forward To - Lots of good books being published in September! Sourdough by Robin Sloane on Sept. 5th (I loved Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore); Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng on Sept. 12th (I also loved Everything I Never Told You), and What Happened by Hilllary Rodham Clinton on Sept. 12th. I don't know if reading this will make me feel better or worse, but either way, I do want to read Hillary's take on What (the he**) Happened.
Picking - All the beans, tomatoes, and zucchini.
Eating - All the beans, tomatoes, and zucchini.
Dreading - Cleaning out our two big freezers after all the garden produce is harvested, processed, and frozen. I do love having a freezer full of beans, snow peas, shredded zucchini, and tomato sauce for the winter, but I've just been putting things in the freezers willy-nilly and I'm going to have to restore some sort of order so I know exactly what I have and make sure I use it.
Starting - (It's really Trying to Start) some hydrangeas and roses from cuttings. Fingers crossed for roots!
What's going on in your world right now?
I love this post, there is so much goodness and energy in your world right now!
ReplyDeleteGreat post. I understand the planning part...Fletch is going away for a week in September and I'm looking forward to my alone time...additional yoga classes, no planned dinners...but in the past I've fallen into the lazy trap and accomplished nothing that I had hoped to.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe it's September tomorrow!!
ReplyDeleteOkay, I vote you make plans to stay up late and laze about reading at least 3 times... really, what an awesome thing to do! Oh, and Pad Thai for dinner! Yes, yes!
ReplyDeleteThis is my favorite time of year. I like the sense of new beginnings and am ready to make some changes in the volunteer work I do...I went for training at the regional food bank in Urbana last week so we can open a food pantry on campus for students. I am also looking forward to the start of Oratorio Society, we attend choir classes with the students and get to sing in the holiday concert at the end of the semester.
ReplyDeleteOh im looking forward to the book reviews.
ReplyDeleteIt is sunny but cool today. Im off to the barn for the staff to look at zach's photos and approve for use.
I have Of Mess and Moxy started by Jen Hatmaker. She speaks to me although we do not share the same CHURCh :)
Im bead bag knitting! cant wait to start my autumn Fall KAL with Dees group and to start hunks and chicks voting at Kims
Thanks, Kathy! Book Bingo reviews (or links to any that might interest you) are in tomorrow's post.
DeleteI love David Tennant, too. He seems able to play any character. I loved The Escape Artist; it allows him to play a flawed but sympathetic character. I am reading Glass Houses by Louise Penny. I find her books engaging and soothing, and my husband and I want to retire to Three Pines.:) You are smart to plan your alone time. Lazying about is all well and good, but it is good to use the time just for you, doing the things you want to do that you can't seem to get done with other people around. I have totally lost my knitting mojo. Maybe I should knit a Hitch Hiker...
ReplyDeleteI've tried the Three Pines series and just didn't feel compelled to read beyond the first three books; maybe I tried to read them too close together and should space them out a bit? Glass Houses does sound like a good book. I can highly recommend the Hitchhiker pattern - it works with any yarn, is easy to remember, and easy to modify as you wish. I can hardly seem to knit anything else!
DeleteThis is a great post! And my m-I-l would swoon about those hydrangeas! And our president frightens the bejeezes out of me. I'm thinking where 2.5 hours between your town and mine is???
ReplyDeleteI am also looking forward to fall, it is my most favorite season.
ReplyDeleteThe bejeeezes are flying out of me too, like Patty above. I am just not letting it be too much of my life as I can't understand it at all, so it goes to the back. Flowers and reading, freezers and alone time, looking to my fall garden -- that's what is important and nice to share with friends on their nice blogs.
Thank you, Annette! It's always nice to know that there are lovely readers like you out there sharing flowers, reading, freezers, and fall. Enjoy!
DeleteThe hydrangeas are my favorite color. Thank you for that. I make plans for my time, too as I have the same tendency to sit around and read all day (or something), but going places Smith isn't interested in is enjoyable, too. Jessica Jones was a great series. She's a tortured soul and David Tennant is a very scary character. I watched with my heart in my throat! If only we were closer as I'd love to share a day or two with you and have Pad Thai for dinner!
ReplyDeleteI would eat salad every day. When my husband goes out of town my house is perfectly CLEAN. Imagine that! Oh and I take myself out to dinner with a book.
ReplyDeleteGreat post. I can't help but comment on the wondering reflection. So many are wondering similar things. Enjoy your time alone and take time to laze a little.
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