Samain Moving Moon
The upstairs is empty save for the Stickley bookcase, a long and weighty piece. These guys work hard, carrying the cartons on their backs, hands extended behind themselves. Sometimes they carry two cartons at once. They’re cheerful, like the first crew, and have worked steadily. They may finish today.
Checked with A1 and changed the delivery date to Monday instead of Sunday. Just to soon after a long, sleepless drive. Have a little time to rest, let some sleep deficit get repaid.
20 years here. 44 in Minnesota. More than 2/3rds of my life a Minnesotan. Kate’s been here a bit longer so about the same for her. The material evidence of our time will not all leave with us. The hundreds of perennial bulbs I’ve planted, the fences, the boulder walls, the perennial beds and the raised vegetable beds. The three sheds. The finished basement, including the steam bath.
