It’s Sunday, the first day of the week here in Cairo. Time to get back to the business of writing.
I spent the weekend doing other things. With the kids and hubby at home, there are too many distractions to try to concentrate on writing anything. Instead, I quilted…and let my mind wander. Quilting is actually productive on several levels. When I’m done I not only have a lovely handcrafted item in hand but I usually have a glimmer of the next part of my story too. My characters talk to me while I sew.
We had our dinner guests over last night. Now I remember why I don’t have guests over more often. It’s not the cooking (though that is part of it). Mostly it’s the mad dash to clean up the house – pick up the toys the children leave scattered around, fluff the pillows on the couch, clear away all my sewing things from the dining table and get out the best napkins and place-mats (which we only ever use when we have guests!)
And the dishes….I always forget how many dishes are created when you have a couple of extra people over for dinner. I cleaned up the pots as I went along but still had a sink full of bowls and plates and glassware to wash at the end of the night. No dishwasher here – strictly handwashing for me. As much as I would have liked to have left it, I had to get it finished. Not only do I hate waking up to a mess, but we didn’t have any clean silverware left!
Does it sound like I’m complaining? Nope. It was a very nice evening with good friends and great conversation.
But unless I can talk hubby around to doing the dishes (or getting me a dishwasher) it will be a while before I do it again!
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Saturday was the beginning of Banned Book week in America. Books are challenged and banned for a variety of reasons. You may or may not agree with the books on the list but isn’t it everyone’s right to make up their own mind? I’ve read about a third of the books on this list, many of them as class assignments and most in complete ignorance to the notion that there was any problem with them. How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell was a childhood favorite. How many of these books have you read?
I agree with you about banned books. We’re fortunate enough to have minds…we should all be able to choose what to read (or pass on) for ourselves. I’ve read a bunch of the books on the list.
Dinner guests at our house tomorrow night. Tonight, it’s potato soup, homemade bread and a movie.
by NIna Nash September 30th, 2007 at 11:27 amIf they don’t want to read the books, then leave them on the shelf!
by anny cook October 1st, 2007 at 11:05 pm