Well, what else am I going to do at this time of day? I have 25 minutes before I swim and I've emptied the dishwasher. Depending on the mood of the day, my supine thinking (as opposed to prone; I think supine means I'm on my back. I'll check) - is either full of noodges or overflowing with regrets, not very conducive to catching a bit more sleep. If I'm free-roaming now, Icelandic verbs come to mind but they are elusive and require that I get up to check and I'm not ready to look up an Icelandic verb at 5:30 in the morning. Perhaps when the mornings are brighter. That will be soon. I think I have mentioned before that everyone should have an audience in mind when he/she writes a blog. Kurt Vonnegut always wrote to his sister, even after she and her husband were killed in a car accident, well maybe even more so because he and Jane, his first wife, took over the care of his sister's (5, I think) children. I have chosen a different audience for my writing over the years, often depending on subject or proximity. Lately, I think I have an audience of one, the person who gives me my daily approval. So far, I'm getting 1 like a day. It's a long way from going viral, but I'm grateful for the incentive. I think from now on that you, Jennifer, are my audience. Thank you. I'm going to swim now.

It's not easy. Not when you're doing other things. Like multi-tasking. Today I finished writing a review of John Samson's first book of poetry, LYRICS AND POEMS (2012). derived from his Indie rock group The Weakerthans, well, maybe not derived. It seems his poetry and his lyrics have a symbiotic relationship and it depends which gets to you first, I think. I like the words better than the music but that's just me. What else? I roasted some red peppers and marinated them for later use. I finished building a soup, the last big soup before summer. There's no room in my freezer for vats of stock and soup won't freeze outside now. So it's gazpacho and saet supa (Icelandic sweet soup, served cold in the summer), and Turkish watermelon salad from now on - till October? Hum...oh yes, I took a long time putting in an order for office supplies (I needed a new shredder, for one thing). I don't handle those computer order forms well. so it takes me forever. I went through a couple of hardware catalogues because I need stuff for my back forty - the balcony where I spend my time in the summer. I'm going to try hollyhocks this year. I'm not quite ready for a vineyard. This is not a blog, this is a stupid blow-by-blow of my non-thinking activities. Did I mention I had a nap? Well, some blogs are better than others.