Thursday, August 20, 2020

Wednesday, August 21, 2019

    I have rediscovered contracting the right psoas to move the right hip back and up and the left hip front and down as I walk.  I’ve been here before, working on that muscle. The difference is that it affects my whole body differently each time. 

    When I got home, I wanted to work on getting the green waste I cut down yesterday off the remaining blue flowering shrub so it can flourish, but I was too tired.  I read a little of the article on spiritual direction from Mike’s folder from the Mercy Center and fell asleep.  I had a wonderful nap. 

    When I got up, I worked on the blog.  I still had the shrub on my to-do list, but there were great radio programs on.  I did some more work on the blog. Then I moved into the library to see if I could locate books while listening to a program.  

   Looking for the books is causing neck strain as I twist it here and there to read the titles. My vision problem is compromised by my trifocals; If I don’t get my head position just right, the lens distorts my vision. Duh! I decided to place all the books on their side so I could easily read the titles.  I also grouped books by the same subject or author.  That made them easier to find, and I found three additional books.  I may be ready to send out the first box of books.  It also occurred to me that once I check with all the seminaries that might be interested, the Hawaii deacons and the church members, I can go back to the seminaries and offer the books to the students.  It’s not what Mike wanted, but it is the best I can do. 

     I went out to deal with the blue flowering shrub.  I decided not to do any cutting today because I need to give my wrists a rest.  I pulled all the cut branches and tree trunks I had cut down off the shrub and lay them on the driveway.  This way, the bush can recover from this radical pruning.  I am hoping it can grow without the support of a fence.  I plan to trim it on the side facing the fence so that I can maintain the two-foot separation.  I will have to ask Margo when I see her on Sunday if this plant can grow that way.  If not, I’ll have to find a different solution to creating privacy between our neighbors and us.  

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