to just stay here. with this White Zinnia that took forever to bloom. i'd planted so many seeds...scattered them....so few took hold, i think they were
eaten
but here She is, in all Glory, how her petals curl into kind of tube form? her interior, so full of Mystery and Allure. Beauty Full Zinnia. White. amidst the All.
such an Intense Other Worldly day....it Rained. Twice during morning hours, once maybe 7 drops the second time maybe 13 and then at 4:56 to 5:09, RAIN. Fat Full Rain Drops fast and without hesitation. the scent of Rain on dust dry Earth and Goat shit. Perfume.
for those inclined. Please go read Sarita's comment on the 9/3 post What did/do I mean? Lives like i do I am not ready to find words for it yet. Maybe tomorrow.
an update on Kindergarten. Last Thursday when Alyssia was waiting to pick Emrie up, Ms. Johnson and the Principal came through the doors and sat on the steps of the school. Ms Johnson was sobbing and gesturing. Alyssia couldn't hear all the words but it seems that in all her 30 years of teaching, Ms. Johnson had HAD it. TOO MUCH. Friday there was a substitute.
today, the Substitute again who said something to the kids about a new teacher tomorrow. ?
From the fragments of words between the principal and Ms. Johnson that Alyssia could hear, from Emrie's 5 year old report, one of her classmates, Isaiah, had been slapping and strangling, choking others. Emrie said it was not her because she had made him a Friend. (we are unsure what to make of this). Today, Isiah was sent home early for same and for bashing Martin in the head...Martin having to go to the school nurse and came back to the classroom with an ice pack for the lump on his head.
She reported too that again, she was wary of the school lunch. She said it was a taco. Alyssia questioned...a Taco Again? and she said...well, maybe not a taco, but something folded and she gave a demonstration of the folding which looked like origami. She ate carrots. a lot of them. She was not hungry. Kindergarten. 2022. Public School. Covid kids. Uncivilized. Innocent.
and i set INTO the Rocket Science. I am on rectangle Nine. Deb's Good Enough Quilt seems so uhhhh, relaxed and Easy...but i am finding, is full of Nuance that makes it what it is, that has mesmerized me all along and that maybe i won't be able to replicate. in the slightest.
Try to go read Sarita. She was/is the Center of this Day
