It’s a
midwinter Friday and I have many things I could/should be doing for the church
and at home and my energy is nowhere to be found. So I am going to blog a bit
and try to get a start on the sermon and call it a day. There’s tomorrow for
the rest of it.
A Random
Friday Five!
1. What's the weather like where you are?
Meh. Grey
and overcast. We had a little snow, enough to show on the grass, but not enough
to even make people turn on windshield wipers.
2. What is your dream vacation spot and/or activity?
At the
moment, either of two scenarios. One would be a cabin in the woods with a deck
overlooking a lake. I would alternate reading in a hammock/deck chair with
walking in the woods and canoeing. In the evening, after something grilled, I
would watch a good movie, then read again then fall asleep to the song of the
loons on the lake. Alternatively, I would follow the same schedule at a
secluded beach in Hawai’i substituting the Pacific, the beach, and beach-combing
for the lake, woods and canoeing; there would be no loons.
3. What book are you currently reading? (Just pick one. I know how you people are)
Just one?
You’re no fun. OK, the one I just started is Annie Proulx’s latest, Barkskins,
a multigenerational saga about Canada’s European timber/fur dynasties and the
First Nations they displaced—at least, that’s what I understand from the jacket
copy, the online discussions I’ve seen and what I have read so far. Having
lived in Canada recently and learned about this first hand (both First Nation
and European friends), it’s of great interest to me. Annie Proulx is a gifted
writer; to have a topic that fascinates me written by one of my favorite
authors makes for a bit of heaven.
4. Name a household chore you don't mind doing.
I don’t mind
washing dishes. There’s just me, so there aren’t a lot of them, for one thing.
It warms up my hands, which warms the rest of me (I’m on a new medication that
messes up my internal thermostat and I am always chilly now). And it’s an easy
way to feel like I have gotten something done!
5. You have an unexpectedly free afternoon. What do you do? (This is only a hypothetical, sorry. I can't be going around handing out vacation time).
There’s a couple of thrift shops I’ve been meaning to visit,
and since this is a hypothetical free afternoon, it’s hypothetically spring,
too, so I will also go to one of the local parks for a walk.
Thanks, Monica, that was fun!
