Two days of soapy water and elbow grease have cleaned two rooms. One lamp is out for repairs and another looks like I will find a new lamp shade in the coming year. The house smells clean again.

Tomorrow's work bills and business, some hand sewing and some reading. I want to get most of my books back to the library before the holiday shut down. Tomorrow is another snow storm. Let's see. 

Happy Solstice. I don't do holidays as many people do. I don't do the added labor of decorations and festive meals. I choose as I please and it is more about representation than anything else.

Today, as the darkest day of the year. I choose to clean the morning room in the house. This is the room where I spend my mornings with my coffee and a fifty-yard stare. I deserve a dust free, clutter free start to the morning.  

While most are hot chocolate drinking, sleigh bells ringing fools. I am the greater fool with the hot soapy water bucket and the window cleaning spray. I look forward to sorting my seed collections and my winter sewing. 

Happy Solstice. 

 

Life in this country has gotten incredibly difficult. All our systems are at a breaking point, leaving me very little time for anything else including blogging. Case in point: A prescription problem has strung itself out to 4 days of my following up between parties who should be talking to each other. If I had a paper script, it would have been handled withing 30 minutes. Now, because of the fear of fraud, medication misuse and I don't know what else, I am out of medication and not assured that it will be in today. Now, granted, what I need is crucial, but not life threatening. How does this happen? I have the luxury of following up by phone, computer, app and in person, but what about some who can't? Dear Lord, what has happened to us. 

Don't get me started on groceries, insurance, and energy bills. We are lucky for now, but I get how many people are broke. Not short-term cash flow, but broke. I have enough for now, but there is no extra. Extra is cheese, coffee, gas, and heating oil. We think twice before we go anywhere, turn the heat up or have more than one cup of caffeine per day.  

Moving on, today is some household repair jobs, splitting more wood for the fireplace and maybe some sewing. Dinner is turkey pot pie. The days are so short I am considering doing only two meals a day.