The Invisible Embrace
On Friday I told Maggie I was going to build the gate for our
back fence. She lifted an eyebrow at my declaration, mainly
because this is a project that I've been putting off for, oh, about
2 years.
On Saturday morning Maggie and Maura went off to a swim meet;
On Saturday morning Maggie and Maura went off to a swim meet;
the boys were sleeping over at friends' houses. I did not go directly
to work on the gate. I walked out to the back fence where I was
overtaken by the warm sun, the buzzing of bees, and the joyously
overgrown end-of-summer jumble of plants.
So I put off the gate for another half-hour or so and got lost in the
So I put off the gate for another half-hour or so and got lost in the
morning.
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