Today I am still loving America. I confess one friend's blog of pictures from our city in India daily reveals her love affair with our river side town yet it marches towards a wilting as the growing heat shows in the photos. The photos might be as shiny and lovely but I remember the heat, the brittle scorching that sucks life out of loveliness.
So today I am living up the green and here is my top Ten about living here....
1. Phone a friend in the same time zone, in the same language, in the same season of life. It rocks to phone a friend without planning ahead for technical issues.
2. Friends close enough to visit for the weekend. Lovely really.
3. Libraries. I love them so much that within two weeks of living here my children were being greeted by their first names. We visit almost every other day. Our library is closed today so we might drive to a different one. Did you know that they have a website where you can reserve books (150 books with my card combined with Abe and Zana's). A librarian pulls all the books and then they are all waiting when I arrive so that I have GREAT literature to take home with me!
4. Librarians. They are lovely ladies (for the most part though the male librarian straight out of the Roaring 20's at the North sight is rather dashing too) who affirm my constant reading not only with more books but also give me prizes for reading to my children. Free Prizes for reading to my kids. What is there NOT to love about that!!
5. Men like Carnegie. I am including this twice because yesterday Abe observed in a sad voice that there are no libraries in India. He asked why. I am so thankful for those that had a vision for starting libraries but also for those that funded and gave to that vision! Amazing.
6. I am thankful today for the great ability to open my fridge and stand and look at what is inside. In fact I can open my fridge at ANY time of the day. This sounds rather crazy but when the electricity is off in the summer it is pure suicide to open your fridge. The heat will kill all things cool and wreck havoc on all perishable items in your fridge.
7. The post lady. We have an address and can receive mail. What a fun daily routine for the kids.
Even junk mail is a gift.
8. Spring colors. I always thought fall was the color fest but around here Spring competes as a Glorious Vision in gentle greens, vibrant whites, unstated pinks and maroons that have just enough hint of orange to rescue them from falling into autumn hues. They all seem to scream about new life, grace, gentleness and promise.
9. Dandelions. We have a lot but they are so sunny, frank, and honest it is hard not to like them. They don't try to hide their weedy selves.
10. The sun. If I currently was in India I would be hiding from the sun. A gigantic circular weapon attacking the earth with a power that can kill. "Only mad dogs and English men go out in the middle of the day," for it is suicide to the soul, body and mind to do otherwise on a regular basis.
So today I am living up the green and here is my top Ten about living here....
1. Phone a friend in the same time zone, in the same language, in the same season of life. It rocks to phone a friend without planning ahead for technical issues.
2. Friends close enough to visit for the weekend. Lovely really.
3. Libraries. I love them so much that within two weeks of living here my children were being greeted by their first names. We visit almost every other day. Our library is closed today so we might drive to a different one. Did you know that they have a website where you can reserve books (150 books with my card combined with Abe and Zana's). A librarian pulls all the books and then they are all waiting when I arrive so that I have GREAT literature to take home with me!
4. Librarians. They are lovely ladies (for the most part though the male librarian straight out of the Roaring 20's at the North sight is rather dashing too) who affirm my constant reading not only with more books but also give me prizes for reading to my children. Free Prizes for reading to my kids. What is there NOT to love about that!!
5. Men like Carnegie. I am including this twice because yesterday Abe observed in a sad voice that there are no libraries in India. He asked why. I am so thankful for those that had a vision for starting libraries but also for those that funded and gave to that vision! Amazing.
6. I am thankful today for the great ability to open my fridge and stand and look at what is inside. In fact I can open my fridge at ANY time of the day. This sounds rather crazy but when the electricity is off in the summer it is pure suicide to open your fridge. The heat will kill all things cool and wreck havoc on all perishable items in your fridge.
7. The post lady. We have an address and can receive mail. What a fun daily routine for the kids.
Even junk mail is a gift.
8. Spring colors. I always thought fall was the color fest but around here Spring competes as a Glorious Vision in gentle greens, vibrant whites, unstated pinks and maroons that have just enough hint of orange to rescue them from falling into autumn hues. They all seem to scream about new life, grace, gentleness and promise.
9. Dandelions. We have a lot but they are so sunny, frank, and honest it is hard not to like them. They don't try to hide their weedy selves.
10. The sun. If I currently was in India I would be hiding from the sun. A gigantic circular weapon attacking the earth with a power that can kill. "Only mad dogs and English men go out in the middle of the day," for it is suicide to the soul, body and mind to do otherwise on a regular basis.
It's true...every photo comes at a cost...it means I've been out in the heat! Even the morning and evening are hot...but it's the humidity I'm most afraid of and it's a comin'. Love your list! You are beautiful. L
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