WHAT TO DO?

    The art and joy of expressing Christmas through the shelving instead of the traditional tree is a joyful diversion from rows of books and Christmas trees. As of today, the book case sits empty and my creativity feels frozen.  I want something simple, something useful, something eye-catching, something different.  

     My brain is in a quandary. Frustration and confusion keep me befuddled. Why should books, book shelving, and displaying books be so difficult for me?  I am a trained librarian, but nothing about being a librarian comes into play when trying to arrange books artfully. 

    Perhaps I am overwhelmed. My dining room table still has "Jefferson History Then and Now" scrapbooks open; seven freshly washed and hand dried glass trophy/vases that have been holding colorful Christmas balls for the last two months; and a corner of the living room piled with books that I planned to give away until I sorted them. It was the sorting out that stopped me. 

    I had anticipated giving away a dozen or more books on golf, thinking that they were old and carried over from my parents collection of forty years ago.  In the sorting stage I realized that except for two older books, the collection all came down to my ownership. Now, what to do? 

1. Stop writing and start shelving.

2. Have a glass of wine and worry about it tomorrow.

3. Quit thinking. Start acting. 

4. Fix dinner and relax for the evening.

5. Sleep on it and awake refreshed tomorrow. 

    I am beginning to see a pattern to this dilemma. Hum de dum dum dum. 

I chose #4 then sat down to watch PBS. Now I know what NOT to do tomorrow. 

How not to display books. 

Stay tuned.

     I am sure there is a successful ending to this story. I am not sure when that ending will be. 

Murphy and the Paws That Talk

no body wants to play outside with me today so i decided to write about what happens when i try to right or play inside..,.,.,,, i think i have forgotten how to right correctly for people talk , , , , now i remember the curly comma like my tail

today letty told me that I needed to use a period so that my sentences didn’t run on

she said it makes people paws

now that makes no sense at all first of all I am a dog and I run 

she says I run and run and run it only makes sense that I would use run-on sentences. 

In house running is called the zoomies.

she takes short steps and stops sometimes to look at the sky

she can use short sentences and periods.  

sometimes her sentences  end abruptly like when she sits down and puts her hands in the air and says no more. that means stop playing now

people talk is so confusing I no that NO means stop that sit means sit and stop but period also means stop how can that be the same thing?

when we walk letty says NO when i want to eat left over foods on the ground and she says SIT when i am suppose to stop for cars and other dogs and people

is sit the same as stop as period as NO?

when jack or letty sit too long i must make them stand up and play toys with me

Jack is up now we can play keep away. 

to help them stand up,, i use my paws to tell them what to do

most of the time they understand. the most fun is when i sit behind letty when she is on the computer and i paw at the chair. i don't think she likes the noise it makes.....

what i do not understand is how they paws the big screen story machine?