I've seen the quote, "Not all those who wander are lost." I've never taken the time to find out who wrote it. Then I saw this on Facebook.
Now I know. Sometimes poetry is over my head. I need to ask my friends who love poetry what the poet is saying. I'm like the character in Odyssey who hated the section of poetry in his Literature class. He complained to his teacher, "Why can't those people just write all the way across the page?" When he was assigned to write a poem he came up with:
I Like Pants
Part of the poem went something like this -
I feel sorry for ants
They can't wear pants
It's been a whirlwind of activities this weekend of the last days of the year. My writing challenge flew out the window.
I was given a new journal for Christmas. This year I should try to find all of my journals and arrange them on a shelf. I'm the kind of person who writes on the back of envelopes or on scraps of paper which then hide at the bottom of my purse. I drive myself crazy like that.
Two of my sisters came to visit Mom. They brought their husbands along. We had chili soup and bread sticks Thursday evening.
Friday evening we went to Perkins for supper. I made reservations for 18, then it turned out that Evan wasn't feeling well so they didn't come. The Aunties got to hold Gracia.
Saturday Ellis and I went over to Mom's place and had brunch with John and Ladina, Doug and Maria and Mom. We started a puzzle.
When John and Ladina started for home Ellis and I went to Owatonna for food and to pick up a Christmas ham from the bus company. I was given a coupon and we had to get it from a Cash Wise grocery store. The coupon had an expiration date of December 31, 2023.
Supper with our family Saturday evening at Allen and Krysta's shop ... The babies didn't want to sleep there when bedtime came so Allen and Krysta took them home to their beds. The rest of us talked and played Clue in-between talking. It got very late.
I think Ellis and I are getting too old to stay up past our bedtime. 😉
Even coffee does not help anymore
Sunday December 31, 2023
More family meals and cuddles with the babies. A much needed nap and a game of Scattergories to keep us awake until the new year came in. We're in the middle of town so we can't go out and yell or shoot a gun in the air or ring bells and whoop and holler like we've been known to do in the country.
Happy New Year to all of you!
