Is it okay if I don’t make dinner? My 'to do' list remains
long, very long.
Of course! You want to go out?
It’s like Ed to invite me out on a night that I have no time
to wipe my nose, let alone seek a supper out on the town (if you could call
Fitchburg a town).
I cannot. I have to sit and watch meringues bake.
Ed microwaves cheese curds, I bring out a box of crackers. I
have to say that this is probably the lowest I’ve stooped in dinner
preparation. Ever.
Of course, if I can’t cook supper, I can’t write here
either. In a few minutes I’ll be picking up my little girl – she’s coming up
from Chicago to coordinate and orchestrate the shower for her sister tomorrow.
Me, I just follow instructions.
And I clean.
And I make sure that the garden doesn’t wilt and keel over
in these hot hot weeks of summer.
And I zap mosquitoes with Ed’s brilliant paddle zapper. Zap!
Hisss! It’s very satisfying.
Yes, it's hot outside. If you look out at the fields of corn, you'd think -- well, at least they're green.
...and the apples in our old orchard -- they're pink. Seemingly indifferent to the heat outside.
But don't let this fool you. All growing things are stressed by the heat and the persistant drought.
If there was a weekend when I would want the farmhouse to shine this year, it would be this weekend. And I have to say, in spite of it all, it does me proud. Thanks, old girl!
