Got to the bottom of the fabric and so now it’s time to make strips into squares

Here’s the full text of the inaugural poem, One Today, via the NYTimes.

One sky: since the Appalachians and Sierras claimed
their majesty, and the Mississippi and Colorado worked
their way to the sea. Thank the work of our hands:
weaving steel into bridges, finishing one more report
for the boss on time, stitching another wound
or uniform, the first brush stroke on a portrait,
or the last floor on the Freedom Tower
jutting into a sky that yields to our resilience.
One sky, toward which we sometimes lift our eyes
tired from work: some days guessing at the weather
of our lives, some days giving thanks for a love
that loves you back, sometimes praising a mother
who knew how to give, or forgiving a father
who couldn’t give what you wanted.

Excerpt from One Today, by Richard Blanco

New washing machine procured, inauguration observed, inaugural poem listened to and now on to the rest I guess.

THe nice man at Rensselaer Appliance listened to my question about “where’s the thing that sits on top of the center post in there? you know, you can put the soap in it and the water flows through it?” and paused before asking, “does your washer have angled corners on the lid?”

When I answered yes, he exclaimed that it had been a REALLY long time since they had taken one of those out of a house. A REALLY long time. In other words, it really is as old as I thought it was.

So it’s all good. And they don’t have that central catcher thing anymore LOL.

Three pans of lasagna went to Rensselaer. One was eaten with only a small piece left over. One will be eaten in the next few days by the birthday boy. The other is residing in their freezer.

All in all, successful outing on the dinner front. We had nice bread and salad and a strange but delicious dessert prepared by Mom.

Now I’m home to recover from it all.

Burpee exercise
The downfall of the flabby
Measure of fitness.

and thank you Naomi:

Burpee exercise:
Not at all easy to do.
Tried one and fell down.