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Slip Sliding Away – WDIIA May 15, 2020

Maggie

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I don’t know what happened to this week, but just like that, it is Friday. I suppose with Mother’s Day, my birthday, my writing class, and some stresses in my extended family, I am doing well to be here at all.

87C36E58-F175-41B0-9D6C-1FE8C9180324I am suffering from a severe lack of focus. It has always been a joke in our family that people get things done when they get around to it. Voila! The birth of the “Round Tuit” a small, usually wooden coin with those words printed on it. That’s what I need to vanquish all my excuses for not getting things done. I lack motivation. I think this might have been the first week the stay-at-home order got to me.

30C728B7-751A-4849-BA51-23C48BA7C569Hubby has been working furiously to build a larger raised container garden. It is finally time to fill with dirt and get some plants in the ground. I am hoping for potatoes, peppers, cucumbers, squash and I would love to think lettuce but it may be too warm for that. Since this garden is further from our house, he will install chicken wire around the outside to minimize unwanted guests.

Last night we had tacos with homemade refried beans and having fresh cilantro from the garden makes all the difference in the taste. We need to get our plants in the ground, so that will be our focus this weekend. My friend Lisa, generously posts planting guides on her natural gardening blog for our region of North Carolina. If you enjoy gardening, you will enjoy her wealth of knowledge and encouragement.

The ‘Writers in the Pandemic 2’ class has me struggling a bit but I am chalking it up to the general sense of reluctance I have felt all week. I really do enjoy the class and the weekly Zoom gatherings with this group of amazing writers from throughout the U.S. provide appreciated encouragement. The class will come to a close this Sunday, but there will be another class to follow. It appears to be more demanding based on comments for those currently in the class.

Yesterday was a perfect late spring day in North Carolina and today looks to follow suit. We have grocery pickup today and loads of gardening to do this weekend. Yesterday I listened to our governor. As far as efforts to re-open the state, the bottom line is decide what risks you are willing to take but remember the virus is still here and the same people that were high risk in early March are still high risk.

Places of business are opening up, curbside service is going away in many places, and personal care businesses are defying the stay-at-home order but there are no repercussions for those businesses. No arrests and no prosecutions. Now it appears it is time to sit back and see what unfolds with those willing to take such risks.

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22 thoughts on “Slip Sliding Away – WDIIA May 15, 2020”

  1. Nice, you are so lucky to live where you do, I hear its beautiful! Nice slide show and pics, congrats on the tomatoes…those cookies look good-are they keto? Just curious 😉

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  3. Sounds like a good week to me. Your state rules for starting the ending of lick down sound like ours here in the UK though ours are a little more complicated for complicated read confusing. Oh! What is that glorious red bird on your slide show, is it a Cardinal or a woodpecker.

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    1. It is all very confusing, Willow. If we go out, we mask up and use all the guidelines. Unfortunately, other people are more careless. The red bird is indeed a cardinal. They are frequent backyard guests at our house.

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      1. The mask is slowly becoming more common here…yup only now! Most people are great about social distancing but there is a hardcore which includes cyclists and runners who don’t give a damn.
        I thought that was a Cardinal, what an amazing bird 💜💜

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  4. A busy week. I can’t believe how fast the days and weeks are whizzing by. It’s odd isn’t how we can be just fine about living our lives in lockdown then for some reason – usually nothing obvious – it gets to us.

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    1. Mary, the time is flying by even though some days seem to advance at a snail’s pace. I though of you when I read about the women who were killed in the maternity ward in Kabul. It was heartbreaking to read. Your writing gives such light to a culture I otherwise know very little of.

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      1. I have two Afghan friends who work there. One became a midwife because her mum was one of my students. She spent several hours locked in the safe room. Both are physically unhurt but who know what damage is done emotionally.

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        1. Oh, Mary. I cannot imagine how horrifying that must have been. For you, it must be so difficult to know those touched by such tragic events. I do not understand such darkness.

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  5. I have also had lack of focus, for anything except writing. I seem to have enjoyed writing even more during this time. Perhaps my desire is to get as much of it down as possible, just in case?
    Well done to your husband, his construction looks great.
    Best wishes, Pete.

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  6. Those raised containers look great! It’ll be lovely to have them planted with warm season veggies. I’m putting out pole beans, climbing squash, basil, and a few more tomatoes today. I’ve still have lots of kale, collards, spinach and beet greens still to harvest. The mustards thankfully are starting to bolt — they’re awfully spicy. The radicchio is undoubtedly bitter, but it’s so pretty, I’m keeping it just for decorative purposes.

    The writing class seems to me to be heavier in tone this time; I keep thinking that at least it’s totally different than anything I otherwise would write, so a stretch, but hopefully in a “good for me” way.

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    1. Thank you, Lisa. We will plant today although we are a little worried about the inundating rain they are predicting for the next few days.

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  7. Wow the new raised garden in just amazing! What fun to grow more. I used to love growing peas when the kids were little. So yummy right off the vine. And I so miss home grown tomatoes.
    I’m sorry about all the pandemic issues. It’s happening here big time. Restaurants open, salons, retail, our club house, our large rec center. And the virus numbers keep going up. So many not wearing masks. This is all going to rise again. Waiting to see how the next two weeks evolve. Everyone stay safe.

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    1. Nancy, I am sorry to hear you are seeing the same thing. We always wear masks if we go out and sanitize our hands frequently. It is crazy to me to do anything other than that.

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