Sunday, January 31, 2016

January's Summation


January usually is one of those months that drag by at a snail’s pace but today I find myself exclaiming “I can’t believe January is gone”.  It has been cold and snowy most of this month and we have done a lot of “hunkering down” in the log cabin but it has been good for the body and soul.
The beginning of January found me zooming through Genesis but once I entered Exodus it wasn’t long before I was bogged down in tedium.  Moses goes on and on about the building and decorating of the Tabernacle and clothes ad naseum and I confess I started skimming rather than reading.  If he talked about the blue threads once he talked about it 6 times.  Boring.  Am I supposed to believe that Jehovah gave a detailed account on how to make a priest’s costume?  I’m kind of thinking NO.  Tomorrow I start on Leviticus and that should be more interesting as I learn all about sinning and what to do about it.  So much for the Bible reading.
On the “serious” study of theology I am currently jumping between two books, one on Forgiveness and one on Buddhism.  They go nicely hand in hand and so far I am finding Buddhism a peaceful, isolating kind of philosophy.  It’s rather like the medical oath “do no harm” where one looks more into one’s self rather than pointing outward and raising hell on earth.  But there is more to come so I cannot give a final say yet on this path of quietness other than to say, I like it.
January also found me in guerilla warfare with my Henriettas.  I’ve been up at 5 a.m. when I literally stalk the hens and catch them in their act of strutting along their roosts and putting their beaks up their sisters’ butts searching for their freshest treat.  You think I am joking?  Huh, the wonders of the natural world are somewhat frightening, let me tell you!  Lurking about the nests, taking an aggressive stance even against the Treat Giver, it’s all in the name of food and war to these girls!  But there appears to be a ray of hope in breaking the habit since they have observed the punishment of quarantining is serious and consistent.  In they go with my admonishing “think about what you did wrong” ringing in their ears.  Lately I have noticed a slight (by one egg) improvement in performance.  I do believe that between the “punishment” and more sunshine hours outside is starting to improve their spirits and behavior.  Time, of course, will tell the final tale.
Creatively there has been little action other than thinking and planning and that is all to the good.
We will skip over the little fender bender in the parking lot, the aches and pains of shuffling into older age and rejoice in new patterns of behavior.  And hey, February is a short month, March will do its thing and then we may be lucky enough to get another early spring.  Potting time is here and I have scored some great buys at Homesense. 
Life’s good.

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