Day Three: Foundations
I am writing this from Whole Foods in Hadley. I just came from the Odyssey Bookshop in South Hadley, where I heard my friend and Big Yellow writer Ruth Lehrer…
Well, this is exciting! Roofers are swarming Little Blue, putting sheets of metal in neat rows. The second coat of paint is on the cupola, and the rest of the siding is stacked on the screened porch. Last week, they blew insulation into the walls. Below is a shot of the corner where I will sit to run retreats and workshops.
That’s our contractor, John Sackrey. He is awesome.
Not so awesome is the insulation truck that destroyed our fence. Now Hudson is stuck in his little pen, which makes him barky.
I have stayed off Facebook for the most part. I am so angry about its role in the 2016 election, its bald-faced using of its consumers as “product,” its ongoing shenanigans to control certain posts, and the way it constantly changes its algorithm. Can’t we all go somewhere else? Because the problem is, it’s also a fantastic way to keep up with my old friends. And to crowd-source helpful information. I mostly use it to get advice about technical issues, movies, books, parenting, and yes, to find out about current events. What if we all staged a coup of LinkedIn and made it more fun and photo-y?
Optimist’s List of Good Things About This Non-Spring
7. Helps us to appreciate spring/summer all the more when it finally arrives.