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There’s nothing like a day off to make your head and psyche feel better. Having a long “to-do” list, some seriously overdue, makes it even better. Once you close the door on the guilty “I really should do those things” feelings – you’re FREE. Free to go do things that are fun, rewarding, refreshing. Free to feel like a real person, doing things that make life worth living and not a slave to the to-do list.

That’s how I spent yesterday. I drove to a small place in Massachusetts, through the Berkshires, over winding, steep, sometimes death-defying hairpin curves to get to a small historic village. In one of the village buildings – a dance. We spent the afternoon doing dances from the 17th century. Music was provided by a harpsichord, some recorders, a bunch of violins and a cello, as well as a bodrhan (drum). Dinner at a local restaurant and then back to the building to change and dance a while longer. Then back home, over the winding, curvy and starlit roads. Read a few pages of a book I’d never looked at, even though it was quite late, and then plopped off to bed.

This morning my to-do list is still there, tugging at me to “just do it” but first I’m off for breakfast and some sunshine.

Wheeeeeeee — free as a bird!