The sun has set. It was a wonderfully warm-well, warmer than what we have experienced in a while. The key here is to stay out of the shade but if you're in the sunshine...you are warm. Today was a day with a few surprises...the good kind. One surprise was seeing Camo, her kind of grown up looking kittens and Mama Cat. It has been a little over a week since Camo has been in the yard and it has been longer for her kittens to be around and with her. Cute as ever. Mama Cat was hanging around hogging all the food, but she has always tended to be that way. Riley had been around earlier this morning and she was out there too but none of them get along, which is so very sad. Another surprise was Nathan had been here and has cleared out the tree limbs and branches from the yard. So about a third of the tree is left and can probably be saved by the looks of things, although this is being written by a nonprofessional. The last surprise of the day came in the mail and that's about all I can say about that.
Yesterday our choir along with the children's choir and drama team presented The King Is Here. Sometimes in musicals, there are a one or two songs you dread learning but all the songs were so good. It was a joy to practice and learn. Today while running errands, still singing those songs to myself and out loud.
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It is not the gold pieces of special events that we hoard in our remembrance of things past, but the pennies of daily currency that have lodged with special brightness in some pocket of the mind." Wilma Dykeman
I came across this quote this morning and it feels like it was meant for yesterday. It was one of those ordinary days where the little things or almost the things that don't cry for attention are taken in, pondered. Many times with days like this, out comes the phone to capture the moments in a photo but yesterday there wasn't a camera, but a heart to ponder, remember and delight in how the day unfolded. It was a day that hadn't been calendared for certain places or appointments, but a road trip day that just kind of happened, as those kinds of days are wont to do if we will just take notice. The day came complete with surprises of the common.
But with that ordinary day came the news of the passing of Penny Marshall. Her comedic sense was outstanding. She could tell a story, whether it be poignant or just downright funny. I loved watching Laverne and Shirley and that is when I began to take notice of comedic writing and the way to tell a story with just snippets of, yes once again, ordinary life. Okay, toward the end when they moved to California, I stopped watching because it felt stale and also ran, but those years in Milwaukee were so good. My favorite episode is when the girls bought the diner from Squiggy. "Betty, please, pick up."
My friend Carole is killing it with bilateral knee replacements. She moved to the rehab hospital yesterday and probably won't be there too long. I am cheering her on. She has encountered the battle, guess that would be the word, of being mentally competent in a setting where nurses, doctors and helpers assume you're not able minded cause so many in the rehabs are not. You have to fight and advocate constantly, well that is until they realize you know what you're doing.
This morning I read an article on a well known Christian speaker and writer...and they called him a fabulist. I had never heard of this word before and looked it up...it means liar, a creator and writer of fables. In fact the author of the book uses the term chronic fabulist. "embellished and fabricated his credentials, achievements, and personal experiences, and that he has done so for decades."
So now I know two fancy words, fabulist=liar and penurious=cheap.
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I am finally getting back to this post and will finish it up this rainy Friday morning. It was the idea to write last night but after a day with too many hurries, the will to write wasn't there. So, yesterday morning around 8:54 am, I got my first ticket in thirty one years. My speeding tickets all have one common denominator, being happy and not paying attention to the increasing speed. Y'all I know better than to speed in Woodfin and while singing Christmas carols, the fast pace of the song translated into a fast pace in the car. Besides the river road has various speeds all along the way...55, 45 and 35 and not always in that order. The officer was merciful and didn't give me the ticket I deserved and for this I am thankful. With that ordeal over and Christmas music turned off in the car, I headed toward Biltmore Village. Even with the delay, I was able to get immediate seating at the counter at Corner Kitchen and there with the usual Biltmore breakfast, I destressed over the ticket. I can pay online or mail in the money and don't have to go to the courthouse in Asheville. That is a huge praise! Did a quick stop in at Soft Surroundings and then headed over to get highlights and a cut. It was a happening place with everybody getting do's for the the holidays. The heating company had called the day before wanting to schedule Zach's return to install the new relays and reattach the heating strips. He was scheduled to arrive around 2:00 but he was running early, so it was a quick exit from the salon, but a safe driving the speed limit to get home. After he installed everything, thankfully it was under warranty, is when I decided to email Roy and tell him about the morning's happenings. It was a good news bad news email and he wrote back and said it made him laugh, whew, and could he share it with a couple of coworkers who would find it funny. Sure.... So he wasn't upset or did an I told you so kind of thing....Later today I will be in the truck and it is not too tempting to speed in it.
Well, there are things to do and I better get a move on....
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