Weekend Rituals<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It begins on Friday night, I don\u2019t set the alarm clock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I get to sleep in on Saturday and Sunday. I spend<\/p>\n\n\n\n
half an hour contemplating the day: dead head<\/p>\n\n\n\n
the buddleia, weed the front azalea patch, laundry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Coffee is next on the agenda. It drips while I assemble<\/p>\n\n\n\n
the rest of breakfast. Eggs to scramble, biscuits<\/p>\n\n\n\n
to bake. Pour that first cup of coffee into my favorite<\/p>\n\n\n\n
summer time mug. Scramble the eggs, biscuits<\/p>\n\n\n\n
bake in the toaster oven which dings<\/p>\n\n\n\n
when time is up. Butter the split biscuits;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
on Saturday top with jelly, on Sunday honey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The TV is my family, I eat in front<\/p>\n\n\n\n
of it. Second cup of coffee joins me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I make my list or I will forget the little<\/p>\n\n\n\n
things like fill the hummingbird feeder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Of course, poetry is high on the list;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
it comes first each day. Look for journals<\/p>\n\n\n\n
to send to, weekend prompts to keep<\/p>\n\n\n\n
me writing. Except in the summers, working<\/p>\n\n\n\n
in the yard may come first before the heat,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
humidity and mosquitoes drive me indoors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The reverse is true in the winter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I look forward to these leisurely<\/p>\n\n\n\n
mornings as I recover from the busy week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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