Thursday, February 22, 2007
First Chance to Stop
Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh!
Did you hear that sigh?
This is the first chance I've had to STOP for about a week. Our days are so busy that I haven't been able to blog lately. {Gasp!} Sorry, Serenata. After your admission yesterday when we met up, that my blog entries were the highlight of your day, I feel badly about the radio silence, not to mention seriously concerned about you.{Insert manic laughter.}
Today I shipped the kids off to a Shakespeare workshop solely in order to have a day at home alone. Poor souls! Richard the 3rd is a tough one. We'd watched the BBC play from 1983 in preparation for today which, as Richard 3rds go, is very good. But good grief, it's long. And complicated. And bloody. I wondered momentarily whether I should let them off going. And forgo the rare delights of a day at home. Alone. Did I mention that part? I'm quite sure Grace, in particular, will spend the day confused as all get out.
Oh well, they'll have a nice time with their friends. I said, as I stuffed their lunchboxes and pushed them out the door.
Jamie dropped them off on his way to work and after they'd gone I spent the morning catching up with cooking and laundry, as is my destiny.
Then, I SAT DOWN and rested. Ooooo - that was nice.
I feel a poem coming on!
A quiet house
***********
No music,
No noise
Or requests.
Peace,
Stillness
And rest.
Just
For
A Moment
I am serene.
Then my cat
hurtles through
the cat flap
and miows,
furious
at her empty bowl.
Oh and another!
Beautiful Blogger, wake unto me,
Starlight and dewdrops are waiting for thee;
Sounds of the rude world, heard in the day,
Lull'd by the moonlight have all pass'd away!
OK, I didn't make that one up.
But I could have.
If I'd wanted to.
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8 comments:
Dorothy--is that what you do when you have a free moment to yourself? Write poetry? Wow! I'm impressed. I guess all that Shakespeare prep got your creative juices flowing. :)
Does Jamie write music these days?
Really good poetry, yes, very good indeed...
hmm anyway, can 7 year olds be left at all day Shakspeare workshops? Rather craving a day to myself too. LOL
Hope it was as enjoyable a day as it seems from your relaxed blog post!
Hi Kathy,
No he doesn't write songs, but he does write quite a lot of arrangements for other instruments for church.
Dorothy
Jodi,
I think possibly Shakspeare might be easier than Shakespeare so it's possible they do have them for 7 year olds.
You could just send all the kids out to the guinea pig shed for the day and pretend they are at a Shakespeare workshop.
Or would that be a problem for the New England Authorities?
Dorothy
Fun poetry, both original and otherwise!
Very nice poetry, Dorothy! You are an inspiration to us all.
Hmmm...a day alone...what is that? I can't remember. I'm thinking it will be years before I'm able to experience one of those again.
Hope you enjoyed your day.
Oh, OH, quietness!
Can I come over?
LOL, my spelling errors always get me in trouble. Alas no guinea pig shed this time of year it's buried in snow. I will work towards having the guinea pigs (who reside loudly in the front room in winter) put on a Shakespeare workshop for the kids but if it proves too hard for them I will allow them to present Shakspeare instead. That might be better for guinea pigs.
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