The Midweek Update
In between checking out the paint color in the newly painted Hotel Floyd Writer’s Room and riding up and down Floyd’s windy back roads with my gas tank on empty on the way to visit an artist whose work we want to use in the room, I’ve been harvesting beans, cleaning the dirt off of onions, and squishing Japanese beetles that like my zinnia flowers and basil.
When I’m not reading poetry at open mic night, playing Scrabble with my friend Mara, attending a wedding, or practicing my part in a woman’s poetry collective that’s performing at Floyd Fest this weekend, I’m hunting down cucumbers that have hidden under leafy vines, waiting for green peppers to turn red, and pulling back little corners of corn husks to see if they're ready to pick.
And when I’m not cutting Swiss chard, stuffing cherry tomatoes in my pockets, or pulling up the front of my sundress to fill it with potatoes, I’m researching remedies for my dog’s skin sores, googling lyrics of Peter Pan songs for a poem I’m writing, or helping Mara’s daughter count the rings in a tree stump by the Zion Lutheran Church parking lot.
Photos: 1. Hotel Floyd Writer’s Room. 2. Rosemary, Mara, and Allie, members of the woman’s poetry collective at the Zion Lutheran Church rehersing for our upcoming Floyd Fest performance. 3. Mara’s daughter counting the rings in a large tree stump. More about the Hotel Floyd and the Writer's Room HERE.
Comments
Hi Colleen, Sent by Michele
Looks like you are REALLY BUSY!!
Posted by: Auntie Antiquity | July 25, 2007 12:43 PM
And when I'm not doing all of that, I'm crashed out flat. I forgot to mention that part.
Posted by: colleen | July 25, 2007 2:27 PM
what a full life. I should toddle about more...I got the crashed part down. So to speak. :)
Posted by: Pearl | July 25, 2007 3:55 PM
I'd say you had a very productive week. Nothing better than being close to the earth and reaping those things you planted.
Posted by: Terri | July 25, 2007 4:42 PM
Yeah, and then you have the nerve to tell us you have a chronic disease...I think you just expect way too much of that little body of yours! If I could do half of what you do, I would so pat myself on the back at the end of the day.
Posted by: Tabor | July 25, 2007 5:36 PM
Well, this is what happens when you pace yourself, do what you love, and don't have a paying job! I like to review in this way because it reminds me just how much does get done. (But I didn't list what wasn't getting done, you know like cleaning my house).
Posted by: colleen | July 25, 2007 5:37 PM
Variety is the spice of life. :-)
Susan
Posted by: Susan | July 25, 2007 7:42 PM
Colleen, you said, "I didn't list what wasn't getting done, you know like cleaning my house." Hey, a house is for YOUR use, not the other way around. I say, let the house serve you, while you do the important stuff. When YOU can't stand it anymore, then worry about cleaning the house, says I.
By the way, I have tagged you for the Blogging Tips Meme, which actually has some helpful blogging tips we can all use. I hope you have fun with it. You DID want a little something more to do, now didn't you?
Posted by: Bonnie Jacobs | July 25, 2007 9:06 PM
Great pep talk, Bonnie! You're so right and you crack me up.
Posted by: colleen | July 25, 2007 9:23 PM
Love the fullness of your life and the joys you bring to others both in your community (locally) and globally through your sharing online. Ciao bella, XINE
Posted by: Christine | July 26, 2007 12:00 AM
It sounds like you are doing all the right stuff, it doesn't get much better than digging taters outta the garden, riding on windy back roads, or sharing time with a granddaughter.
Posted by: susan | July 26, 2007 7:41 AM
I spent most of Tuesday kicking around in Floyd; enjoyed the thrift store and added to my wardrobe. I used to pick the Japanese beetles off things and feed them to the chickens. A lovely sense of revenge to watch the hens gobble them up!
Posted by: Leslie | July 26, 2007 10:16 AM
Sometimes they bite! You have to squish them fast...especially when they're mating, then you get the next generation. Talk about gore!
Posted by: colleen | July 26, 2007 10:26 AM
The beetles are bad this year. My roses are nearly gone from them, there are more than I can knock off on any given day. I am impressed that you squish them. That is something I haven't tried.
Posted by: CountryDew | July 26, 2007 7:14 PM
I miss playing scrabble. Nobody here wil play with me. Would you be willing to play an email game with me at some point? I would love the challenge.
Email me and let me know, please.
Posted by: Leigh in Atlanta | July 27, 2007 10:05 AM