Saturday 5 February 2011

Disappearing

I feel like I disappeared off the earth for a while.

I am not sure what became of the last week or so. A pile of things have been achieved in that time, though: little Rosie Dog has been "fixed;" Tino the Electrician showed up and repaired all the electrical things that were not working (and installed a LOUD doorbell that sounds just like the one that launched us from biology  to algebra class, back in eighth grade). Both our computers are running extremely slowly and we don´t know why. It snowed one night, and the rest of the days were sunny and bright. We clipped the hens´ wings, after watching how-to videos on YouTube, so now they cannot fly over the fence and ravage every living green shoot of the back yard. (We also learned on YouTube how to hypnotize chickens. This information could be devestating if it fell into the wrong hands, but we´ll probably try it soon if things don´t liven up. It is eerie, twisted somehow. It just ain´t natural.)

The fields are lime-green. A mendicant nun from Finland has been staying with us since Monday. Tomorrow me and Paddy will go to Madrid on the train. There we will see in his 70th year at an Irish pub on Plaza Cibeles, watching the Steelers win the Superbowl.  

And, well... that is about it.
My mother is very sick in a hospital in Pittsburgh. I had planned to go to the USA in a couple of weeks, but only to Washington, DC, only for a couple of days. It looks like I will have to extend that trip... I love my mom terribly. The thought of seeing her so sick, along with the prospect of rental cars and February interstate driving, and figuring out the plane tickets (yadda yadda yadda) it all makes me want to, well...

Disappear off the earth for a while.

So if you don´t see me around here, that is where I am.

Still, many miles away to the west, Neptune shines bright. The Big Dipper is almost touching the horizon. The tiniest sliver of new moon is up there, too, skimming low along the southern sky.  
God is in his heaven.
The world keeps turning.   
I am going to be OK.

5 comments:

Kiwi Nomad said...

Youtube can be so useful. I recently bought a new fancy dancy toilet seat, and couldn't work out how to install it. A friend suggested looking on YouTube- and sure enough, I learned how to do install it.

Sorry to hear about your Mum. Hope all the transport arrangements etc sort themselves out.
And Happy 70th to Paddy!

ksam said...

Wow..and to think I just keep checking out Camino vids, in every possible language!

Your in luck with the weather...it's starting to warm a bit..so the travel should actually be manageable...at last! Been a tough winter here on the eastern seaboard. Will say one for you and your mum!

& lastly...Happy Birthday to Paddy...I'll lift my glass to you...although currently it's only got some really strong coffee in it!

Martea said...

Happy 70th to Paddy! And YES the STEELERS will win the SuperBowl. I'm glad to hear that you'll be watching. Momma's a strong bird and I know she'll get through this as I know she's sitting in the Lord's right hand.
Love you Sista!

claire bangasser said...

Ah, you have me praying for your Mom and will unless otherwise noticed.

Praying for you, traveling to the US in February, renting car, worries, all of that.

So glad you are who you are where you are.

A hug to the Peaceable Kingdom and your fellow dwellers.

Virginia ("Ginn") said...

I am glad you will see your mother soon...<3 <3 <3
"Ginn"