Daily Updatia

• Jeet Kune Do workout
• plan out stone working table
• start up some laundry
• check local masonry supply shop for canvas sand bags (negative) and rebar cutters (negative)
• swing by 84 Lumber to pick up wood for table; check for 6" PVC pipe for truck rack (negative) and rebar (#3 too short; #4 & 5 good length, but would need cutter and bigger holes to drill)
• swing by Marzen's Feed & Hardware to pick up the latter, for the table, of course; get invited up to the fire station for show & tell
• eat lunch (grilled ham & muenster; thought we had swiss, we were out; no pickle, no chips, just samwich)
• go to client's place to review plan and determine what changes are needed
• drop by Hawk Valley Farm to get mulch and compost priced out
• eat dinner (a half hour/hour early, but we were hungry after small lunch)
• stop by builder supply on way back; find good railroad pick (no plastic on handle!) and lots of useful tools (for future reference), also, they have rebar and cut it to certain sizes; out of #3, but have it coming in before I'd need it, so it's all good
• fuel up ($74 & change almost fills one of the tanks!)
• swing by fire station as they gather for weekly meeting, guided tour of the truck to the guys looking into getting a new brush truck
• couple of movies and do some more laundry
• clean toilet
• write this up instead of going to bed, like I should be doing
• ready library books for drop-off tomorrow
• ready doc for accountant for drop-off tomorrow
• ready brain to get aequitaslevitas to dentist late AM, fed afterwards while driving him to college (and hoping he actually gets done in time; we've got almost two hours between start of appointment time & start of class; about 30-45 minutes of driving between them)
• ready brain to get everything together so I can work in the office at the college
• ready stomach to come home and eat steak tips and baked potatoes for supper tomorrow
• ready brain to get things ready for the rest of the family to return Wednesday

Homelands

Homelands
by Everett A Warren
August 7, 1991

Dream awhile in the meadow,
Lonely child curled up in your blanket of stars.
The constellations dance around you
And the sounds of the woods sing a soothing lullaby.

And when you wake in the morning,
With the mists slowly rising, cleansed in the gentle dew,
Can you see the horizon where yesterday you sang of purple mountains,
Can you see the cold gray concrete spires that scrape the sky?

Unwrap the serpentine dreams that coil about destiny,
Wring sorrow free of tears and hope free of fears,
Unleash the elephantine thoughts that dance through time.

Dream awhile in the gutter,
Foolish man curled up in your blanket of yesterdays news.
The world-as-you-know-it dances around you
And the sounds of the street intone their cold nightmares.

And if you wake at the dawning,
With the machines slowly grinding, cleansed in the sweepers stream
Can you see the peaks of the cold gray concrete spires that surround you,
Can you escape from the maze and find the horizon and find the mountains of old?
Can you find your way home?

Copyright (c) 1991 Everett A Warren