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Nov. 7th, 2003 03:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
catsittingstillThree things in this room (the Troll's Lair) that make me smile.
1) Taliesin, the iBook that my brother gave us as a wedding present, and on which I'm presently typing this entry. It is my writing pad, my theater and my connection to the net--and thus to most of the world. Worth every penny of Jacob's money! :-)
2) My bent-shaft canoe paddle, presently hanging from my canoe paddle-board. Less amusing is the fact that it's the only paddle hanging there, the other four having been taken for the ill fated Fall Colors Float I ended up missing because my back was so bad. But the bent shaft paddle is a thing of beauty, smooth and gleaming, softly glowing wood pieced together in longitudinal strips.
3) The hermit crabs, Julian and Cassiodorus.
I think my back is slooowly getting better. I still have to lie down a lot, but on Wednesday I managed a load of dishes and a two block walk, on Thursday I managed a load of dishes, sweeping four rooms and a four block walk (plus an extra four block walk to and from the post office at a different time), and today I've managed a six block walk. No dishes or anything yet, however.
On the other hand, maybe I'm just getting less afraid of the pain. :-( I still can only stand to practice mandolin about 10 minutes at a time.
Maybe I should go through other rooms of the house looking for things that make me smile.
1) Taliesin, the iBook that my brother gave us as a wedding present, and on which I'm presently typing this entry. It is my writing pad, my theater and my connection to the net--and thus to most of the world. Worth every penny of Jacob's money! :-)
2) My bent-shaft canoe paddle, presently hanging from my canoe paddle-board. Less amusing is the fact that it's the only paddle hanging there, the other four having been taken for the ill fated Fall Colors Float I ended up missing because my back was so bad. But the bent shaft paddle is a thing of beauty, smooth and gleaming, softly glowing wood pieced together in longitudinal strips.
3) The hermit crabs, Julian and Cassiodorus.
I think my back is slooowly getting better. I still have to lie down a lot, but on Wednesday I managed a load of dishes and a two block walk, on Thursday I managed a load of dishes, sweeping four rooms and a four block walk (plus an extra four block walk to and from the post office at a different time), and today I've managed a six block walk. No dishes or anything yet, however.
On the other hand, maybe I'm just getting less afraid of the pain. :-( I still can only stand to practice mandolin about 10 minutes at a time.
Maybe I should go through other rooms of the house looking for things that make me smile.
