1. I thought a lot today about how J. L Carr, in his novel, A Month in the Country, parallels the external with the internal. The novel's main character, Tom Birkin, works on the restoration of a long grimed and painted over mural in an old church in Yorkshire. We see that this external restoration gives us a visual, metaphorical picture of the restoration of his soul, of his inner life, he's experiencing while doing this work and living in the country.
2. I realized today, when I thought I would put flannel sheets on my bed, that Luna (RIP) had torn up the fitted sheet of my flannel set. I saved the flat sheet and pillow cases, but I didn't have a full set to put on the bed.
This discovery energized me to get to work.
I cleared a bunch of clothes and two perfectly fine sets of sheets I don't want any longer out of my closet. I'll donate these items. I turned my mattress. I laundered what bedding I have left and ordered two sets of sheets online.
The room I sleep in and where I spend many hours reading and being with Copper during the day is tidier and cleaner. I always enjoy crawling into bed when the sheets, blanket, bedspread, and pillow cases are freshly washed and dried. I'm grateful for this burst of sorting and cleaning energy that possessed me.
3. Today I had planned to blast over to Costco and Supercuts and possibly drop into Pilgrim's Market, Kohl's, Petco, and who knows what else.
But, because of my sudden burst of energy to tidy and clean up the bedroom, a burst that lasted much of the day, I'll delay my trip to CdA and gallivant another day.
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