Our Trip to a Nearby Old Fire Lookout

My son and I visited this place during the summer of 2019.

Gratitudes:

1. I'm grateful I can drive downtown today to get my meds. They are at the post office.

2. I'm grateful there are only three coronavirus cases confirmed in my county.

3. I'm grateful for a nice warm home to sit in while I type this, because it is cold outside, and raining!

Plan for the day:

1. Go get my medication from the post office. ✓

2. Make a shopping list for the store; go shopping. ✓

3. Short drive on the river highway. ✓

4. Read the Bible... (Deuteronomy 5-9). ✓

5. Finish filing Aaron's taxes. ✓

6. Desk reorganization continues.

7. Reading Lonesome Dove... up to chapter 36. ✓

Currently reading:
 
1. Lonesome Dove, chapter 34 --> onward out of 102 total chapters. The book is over 800 pages!

2. Abandoned Parents: The Devil's Dilemma, page 79 out of 96

3. Ramona, by Helen Hunt Jackson, a classic, page 160 out of about 350... reading on my Kindle

4. In The Pray For America Bible - Deuteronomy 5/17, Psalm 55/72, Proverbs 11/12:9 onward, and Luke 6/10 onward

Walk in the Forest Near a Creek

A bit of the forest near where I live.

Gratitudes:

1. I'm grateful I got to talk to my sister today.

2. I'm grateful I got my son's taxes done last night.

3. I'm grateful to have a nice nature video on the screen right now, with soft, soothing music. Nice!

Plan for the day:

1. Order seeds for cottage garden, washi tape, and gloves. ✓

2. Read up to chapter 28 in Lonesome Dove. (Currenty on ch. 22.) ✓

3. Email and talk to siblings. 1. ✓ 2. ✓ 3.

4. Listen to Bible app while crocheting prayer shawl. ✓ (Deuteronomy 1-4)

5. Continue binge-watching LOST. ✓

6. Received food shipped from Walmart. ✓


Currently reading:
 
1. Lonesome Dove, chapter 22 --> onward out of 102 total chapters. The book is over 800 pages!

2. Abandoned Parents: The Devil's Dilemma, page 79 out of 96

3. Ramona, by Helen Hunt Jackson, a classic, page 160 out of about 350... reading on my Kindle

4. In The Pray For America Bible - Deuteronomy 1 onward, Psalm 55 onward, Proverbs 11 onward, and Luke 6 onward

Sunday Joy

Kind of an old video, but I couldn't manage to come up with a new one in the last few days.



Gratitudes:
 
1. I'm grateful we can enjoy church online.

2. I'm grateful God has a plan. I may not know what it is, but I know it is good, because it is from God.

3. I'm grateful God told me to stay here in far-northern CA rather than traveling south.

Plan for the day:

1. Bible reading (Mark 14-Luke 5) ✓

2. Church ✓

3. Aaron's taxes ✓

4. Make order from Grove for soap products ✓

5. Clean a cupboard and line it with shelf paper ✓

6. Compost pile ✓

7. Clear off electronics shelf ✓

Currently reading:
 
1. Lonesome Dove, chapter 22 --> onward out of 102 total chapters. The book is over 800 pages!

2. Abandoned Parents: The Devil's Dilemma, page 76 out of 96

3. Ramona, by Helen Hunt Jackson, a classic, page 160 out of about 350... reading on my Kindle

4. In The Bible - Deuteronomy 1 onward, Psalm 55 onward, Proverbs 11 onward, and Luke 6 onward

Unboxing Acrylic Paints and Easel

Gratitudes:

1. I'm grateful for a peaceful place to live.

2. I'm grateful my daughter offered to shop for me.

3. I am grateful that most people get along together just fine.

Plan for the day:

1. Listen to the YouVersion Bible app read to me while I'm crocheting a prayer shawl. (Listened to a few Psalms and Mark 10-13.)

2. Binge-watch LOST.

Currently reading:

1. Lonesome Dove, chapter 19 --> onward out of 102 total chapters. The book is over 800 pages!

2. Abandoned Parents: The Devil's Dilemma, page 76 out of 96

3. Ramona, by Helen Hunt Jackson, a classic, page 160 out of about 350... reading on my Kindle

4. In The Bible - Deuteronomy 1 onward, Psalm 55 onward, Proverbs 11 onward, and Mark 14 onward

A Little Hiking Video

I took this little hike just before everything got shut down because of the pandemic. A few days after this video, my hiking partner and I did climb to the top of the hill, quite easily I would say, for a couple of old ladies. For the duration, we're dodging rainstorms and a lethal virus, but hope to resume our hikes when circumstances permit.

Gratitudes:

1. I'm grateful for this lamp next to my computer. Light is lovely and helpful.

2. I'm grateful for another day to use in creative pursuits.

3. I am grateful for the poetry book I started writing yesterday.

Plan for the day:

1. Listen to the YouVersion Bible app read to me while I'm crocheting a prayer shawl. ✓ (Mark 10-13)

2. Add a poem to my book about my children. ✓ - wrote in Joshua's section.

3. Email and talk to siblings. 1. ✓ 2. 3.

Currently reading:

1. Lonesome Dove, chapter 18 --> onward out of 102 total chapters. The book is over 800 pages!

2. Abandoned Parents: The Devil's Dilemma, page 76 out of 96

3. Ramona, by Helen Hunt Jackson, a classic, page 160 out of about 350... reading on my Kindle

4. In The Bible - Deuteronomy 1 onward, Psalm 53 onward, Proverbs 11 onward, and Mark 10 onward

Watercolor ... A Detective, Looking at Books

Gratitudes:

1. I'm grateful for my big screen TV 60" !!! Aaron helped me buy it a couple weeks ago in Medford, and he set it up in my living room - just in time for the CV isolation. I've been watching LOST (again) on Hulu and Jamestown on Amazon Prime.

2. I'm grateful for having the ingredients to make my own hand sanitizer as it seems everyone in town suddenly wants to own some so that section of the shelves remains bare in the market.

3. I am grateful to be living again in Happy Camp, the land of my heart.

Plan for the day:

1. Work on income tax situation. ✓

2. Read chapters 13 through 16 in Lonesome Dove. ✓ - I'm in chapter 18 now.

3. Listen to the YouVersion Bible app read to me while I'm crocheting a prayer shawl. ✓ Finished Leviticus

4. Read 8 more pages in Abandoned Parents. ✓ - one of the suggestions was to write poetry, so I started a poetry book called "Linda's Five Children" and have a section for each child, and wrote a poem about Naomi.

5. Read to page 160 or therabouts in Ramona. ✓

Currently reading:

1. Lonesome Dove, chapter 13 --> onward out of 102 total chapters. The book is over 800 pages!

2. Abandoned Parents: The Devil's Dilemma, page 67 out of 96

3. Ramona, by Helen Hunt Jackson, a classic, page 142 out of about 350... reading on my Kindle

4. In The Bible - Leviticus 22:17 onward, Psalm 53 onward, Proverbs 11 onward, and Mark 10 onward

A Pink and Orange Mixed Media Project

Gratitudes:

1. I'm grateful for plenty of alone-time, for art, writing, happiness.

2. I'm grateful for the family the Lord blessed me with.

3. I'm grateful that I can read and write. Thank you Lord!

Plan for the day:

1. Fill another page in my mixed media junk journal. ✓

2. Complete tax paperwork for home. ✓

3. Mail tax form and check to brother. ✓

4. Four more chapters of Lonesome Dove [chapters 9 to 12] ✓

5. Research the AMP Plugin. ✓

Currently reading:

1. Lonesome Dove

2. Ramona

3. Abandoned Parents: The Devil's Dilemma

Finishing a Mixed Media Project in my Junk Journal

Gratitudes:

1. grateful for time spent at my art table

2. grateful for a place to live

3. grateful that I don't have time to be bored

Plan for the day:

1. Take 2 bags trash to the landfill ✓

2. Finish a video I started filming yesterday ✓

3. Finish reading The Thirteenth Tale ✓

4. A little yard work ✓

Currently reading:

1. The Thirteenth Tale

2. Ramona

3. Abandoned Parents: The Devil's Dilemma