September Rain

Gratitudes:
1. Grateful that I don't have to water the garden today because it is raining outside now!
2. Grateful that I'll soon be able to sleep in my van again.
3. Grateful that my new audiobook is keeping my attention.
4. Grateful for warm coffee on a cold afternoon.
5. Grateful for God in the highest who guides me.
Plan for the day:
1. New art supplies - so, sketching.
2. Writing on this blog.
3. Reading 11 pp. of my nonfiction book.
4. Take clean sheet out to the van for the bed I put there.
5. Find my umbrellas!
Currently reading:
1. The Woman Warrior, by Maxine Hong Kingston
2. John Adams, by David McCullough

Here's how my day is going: ... It is again, Sunday. My plan to write on this blog daily again is not going well. Nevertheless, here I am.

Well, this is a memorable date in the Life of Linda. On September 8, 2020 - just five years ago - a wind-driven forest fire charged through the Indian Creek valley burning over 200 homes. One of those was mine. My son and daughter also both lost their homes that day. It was a terrible dilemma, but we've all made it through and once again have good housing. Still, I'm grateful there are no fires near my town right now and there's rain that will help extinguish 2 fires nearby. I've been praying and hoping to be safe from fire this year.

I took a nap and woke up quickly because Fed Ex was in my front yard! He left me a box of groceries I ordered from Walmart. As our local store now charges ridiculous prices I do take the opportunity of online shopping to order a few things. Of course that doesn't work for all things. There are many items I can't order online. For example: milk products and bread.

I counted the pages of my long nonfiction book, and divided that number by the number of days between now and October 31. This informed me that I need to read at least 11 pages daily to finish within that time. I'm enjoying learning about John Adams. He was from a town called Quincy on the coast south of Boston. He became an attorney and he journaled a lot and wrote letters so his history is well-known. He married a young woman of 19, Abigail, when he was 29. That's all I know so far.

There are other books I'd like to be reading but I'd better stay with just one big nonfiction book for now.