Posted on my Twitter feed and also on Facebook that I'll be shutting those down for the month of August. Temporary and not forever. Just a change, a lightening of my online traveling. It's so easy to get caught up in reading, browsing and wasting time. Fine if you have time to use that way, but with one more month of summer before we begin school Labor Day week, I want to use the month wisely.
One person I follow online via email has a photo thing going on during August. She doesn't blog with words that month, but just with a set agenda of photographs. She gives one-word prompts and folks take a picture to line up with the topic that day. Sounds cool if you're into photography, which I'm not, so am thinking of something along the same lines, but more me-oriented.
Not having much luck figuring it out. Would like to do something special, though. Figure I've got until next week to come up with a plan. Nothing too strenuous, mind.
Anyway, had a good time with the least one today. We went to the nearby thrift store, among other things, which is a 1/2 off one, so it's a nice surprise when we check out. Already inexpensive things are even more delightful. We found her a dress and a belt, while I got two books (did I need more books?)---copies of ones I've read and loved. Kate Morton's The Forgotten Garden and Sarah Addison Allen's Garden Spells. Have read both a couple of times from the library, and for a total price of just over six bucks for all items, I'm happy.
Picked up a book at the library too...one I had on hold, which is Katrina Kenison's Magical Journey--An Apprenticeship in Contentment. We'll see how that flies.
And while we're on the subject of books, T. S. Eliot's Four Quartets keeps popping up in my line of vision, and it's odd, but the library here has plenty of commentary books about it, but not the actual copy. Strange, that. Might have to buy it. Poetry can be a comfort, but as I said earlier, do I need more books? Along the same lines---not sure where I read about this, but Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited is also a recommendation. Could be from reading Thomas Howard that they came up. Just thinking out loud. The Waugh I can get at the library. I almost enjoy the challenge when a book is hard to find. Fortunately the Eliot is all over Amazon, and at a penny, so not at all hard to find there.
My goodness, I'm a chatterbox.
Lastly, proud of the flowers we got for the altar tomorrow. I caught myself over-thinking the process, being a bit OCD about it, then realized, heck, I'll be doing this EVERY Saturday, best make it fun and not a burden. Buying flowers---probably one of my very favorite things, and with someone else paying the bill, what could be more perfect?
Guess that's it for now. You know it all. :)
