Scattered

I've found myself unable to write a blog post lately. I've felt scattered and yet focused on particular things. Settling into summer break (no school schedule and activities and homework that delineate our hours and days) and yet busy with afternoon swim lessons, baseball most evenings, and et cetera. I'm choosing and learning new habits of household work -- for summer, for conservation, for relying on ourselves and our region more than Chilean grapes and Iowan beef -- and yet the midday heat and the daily outdoor time in that very heat leads my body straight to siesta time, planned or not, in the later afternoon hours.

I just enjoyed a great phone conversation with Emily of Hazelnut Reflections, and afterward noted how scattered my side of our conversation was. Perhaps a bit of intentional siesta, reflective time, would help now. Pull out the knitting. Or simply take a nap. Something to allow my mind to relax and enjoy the moment, and then spin off into reflection and whatever else.

It's 4 o'clock. I'm going to stop now, turn off the computer, find my sock knitting and a comfy cool spot, and tap into that internal quiet pool of stillness. As long as the kids are content, anyway...