CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS
DAILY PROMPT: A ONE-WEEK JOURNEY IN MAY 2013
The WordPress daily prompt for May 26, 2013, was Tell us about a journey—whether a physical trip you took, or an emotional one. Photographers, show us JOURNEY.
How appropriate, since I was already thinking through a journey post.
I invite you to join me in my journey through a week in my life, Sunday, May 19 to Saturday, May 25.
It was a chaotic week having moments of frustration and joy.
I managed, somehow, to begin each day with what I consider my morning routine—a warm cup of java, my heart meds, and the newspaper (physically in hand, not on a computer screen).
SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2013
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Today I enjoyed sitting on my porch swing in my screened in (unheated), fighting off our cat who dove into my newspaper as I read it. I watched the birds feed within arm’s reach, and scared off the squirrels that delight in stealing the bird seed.
Once finished with the newspaper I strolled over to my garden, admiring both the raised one and in-pot ones, which contained salad greens and snow peas. Then I planted a short row of pole beans.
In the afternoon I attended a Ligonier Valley Writers, workshop on How to Perform a Reading of Your Work at St. Michael’s Church in Rector. It was good timing for me because I was scheduled to (more…)