Oh my. I still am wearing a mask any time I leave home. But my granddaughter is about to move into an apartment close to where she will soon be attending college. She just has one class that will be in-person, while the rest will be on-line.
And she has a part time job with her girlfriend, to be coaches for a middle school cheer-team. They obviously know a lot about being cheerleaders by now. And 18 year olds moving into independent living (there's one other roommate as well) is a great step in their lives. I wish them well.
If you've read Tolkien, (The Two Towers) you probably remember that Pippin and Merry got rescued by the Ent trees...who were looking for their Ent Wives. So here mine is, waiting to be sold at the Red House Gallery.
The Swannanoa Fine Arts League's Red House is open on weekends again. And I sold the last tree vase I'd had on display. So my Ent-wife is now there for anyone who likes her.
Quote for today:
Strange is our situation here upon earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to a divine purpose. From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know: That we are here for the sake of others. For the countless unknown souls with whose fate we are connected by a bond of sympathy. Many times a day, I realize how much my outer and inner life is built upon the labors of people, both living and dead, and how earnestly I must exert myself in order to give in return as much as I have received.
—Albert Einstein
