Summer Moon of the First Harvests
Kate’s in Anoka at an all day quilting retreat, sewing and talking. She took along fat quarters with Halloween themes, so she’s feeling her way into the fall season, too. Her sewing day friends come to these retreats as have a few people she knows from the now defunct Fat Quarter Quilting. There’s skill building and a chance to get focused and make progress on a project.
The revision is on the last lap. I’ll finish either this afternoon or tomorrow. Then all those putzy things I mentioned a while back and I’ll be ready to move on for the time being.
Kona’s in serious decline now, most of what she eats feeds her tumor and she is listless. This is when the vet advises euthanasia but I discovered with Buck, well over a decade ago, that euthanasia violates some primal norm in me. So we keep our dogs comfortable, as comfortable as we can, hospice care or as near as we can replicate that, and wait with them as death comes.
Kona’s illness and decline has come when third phase issues are very present to me and at some point after her death, I plan to reflect on what she has taught me. And all the others, too.
My heart is with you and Kona.