#61 Gratitude

I took the week off from my free-lance work to catch up with my Lyme disease. The symptoms were sneaking back uponst me and I needed some rest to battle it back.

I've spent the week chilling. Today I ran some errands, including getting a surprise gift for some neighbors who, I heard through the grapevine, are getting married.

It's so rewarding to see someone's face when I do something nice; I should do it more often.

Also this week, our Civitans lost another member to death; a local activist died unexpectedly, and my sister went into the hospital. I think the doctors are still trying to figure out what's wrong with her.

On the positive side, our neighbors are getting married, our great grandson has a birthday and it's April. What can be better than April? Strawberry season is my favorite time of year.

I'm awfully thankful for this life. It has its ups and downs but you know, everyone's life does, too. Ours is no worse than most and better than too many. I'm just thankful. Today. Who knows? Tomorrow I might be a complainer again.

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#60 Sculpture Show

I live in a small town, 37,000 people.
We have a symphony, three live theatres — four if you count the local college — and a couple of art galleries.
Every spring, our city government hosts a sculpture show. A dozen sculptures are installed all over town, replacing the dozen that have been up the last eleven months.
On the day they’re all installed, we have a party. A hundred or so people are invited to a guy’s house to meet the artists who created this year’s pieces. We all talk and drink wine and eat tiny bites of food. It’s a lovely time and I’m pretty darned proud our little city works to have physical art throughout the town.
Tonight was the eleventh sculpture party.
When I left city council, I had one request : keep me on the list for this party.
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