Adrift, On A Sea Of Paper

I have finally, after holding out as long as I could, succumbed to the call of the air conditioner. It took a while to figure out how to work the remote, and I only had it on long enough to chill the air for the fan to then circulate it, but…
worth it!

Another “not well” day, which is very annoying.
I’ve been doing so well, and even got back into a bit of an exercise routine.
Today – not so much.
I don’t know if it’s just me, but the last few weeks have felt like a bit of a rollercoaster. Not overtly. Just some sort of shift in the air. Part of this has been a lightening of expectation – both put on me from outside voices, and absorbed from my own self imposed schedules.
I have also been hearing a lot about the importance of being still.
Very refreshing 🙂

Outside, the heat has been draining.
The plovers have been squawking when we go near the backyard, but as long as we don’t venture past the washing line, we seem to be able to share.
We’re keeping an eye on a rogue tomato bush.

Who knows where it came from?
It pretty much just appeared, and is fruiting merrily, with abandon.
We shall see what we end up with, and what else in the garden likes tomatoes 😀

One of the things I have been feeling called to do in this season is to sort through my papers. Not so much “paperwork” papers (although that could do with a clean-up), but the random notepads. exercise books, and scraps of paper I have used over the years to write things down. I have transferred some scraps to books, but have also had a bad habit of forgetting what I’ve put where, and starting on another book.

Time to sail the ephemera seas, till I reach the safe harbour of documental organisation.

Or something…

Making some sense of (partially catalogued) chaos, is what I mean.

Another thing I’ve taken time for lately is reading library books. I get the cosies, and sometimes art/craft books, but also the ones that make me think.
This world, as it stands, makes me want to exercise my thinking ability.
Here’s what I’ve read lately.