{"id":4539,"date":"2018-07-01T13:16:54","date_gmt":"2018-07-01T20:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kbtechworks.com\/kbranch\/blog\/?p=4539"},"modified":"2018-07-01T13:16:54","modified_gmt":"2018-07-01T20:16:54","slug":"a-slice-of-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kbtechworks.com\/kbranch\/blog\/archives\/4539","title":{"rendered":"A slice of summer"},"content":{"rendered":"

I sometimes hear people here (and elsewhere) saying that they never get around to finding the _____ (peace, relaxation, you can fill in the blank) they hoped to find once they had time to do so.<\/p>\n

I have made an effort to find time to “stop and smell the roses” here, but with work and various other activities, I admit it is not always easy. Now that summer is here, I am done working at the college and in between a few other work projects. This week provides a great snapshot of how life here is when I achieve this.<\/p>\n

On Monday, I worked in the garden in the morning, harvested some produce, and prepared some food for a lunch with friends that ended up stretching out to fill the whole afternoon. Most enjoyable!<\/p>\n

That evening, I got a call from a neighbor whose apricots were ripe. We often pick for them and then can and split the results. Tuesday was spent doing some office work and laundry and also writing a few postcards to voters<\/a>\u00a0(exciting to be working on an Ohio campaign this month) and letters to friends. After that, we went and picked apricots.<\/p>\n

Wednesday was a town day with a visit to fill a book box, a trip to the gym, and a tie dye activity at the library with some kids. In the evening, we went to visit a friend who had called to say he had several hundred pounds of onions he’d just harvested. I’m hoping to sell some and preserve some.<\/p>\n

By Thursday, those apricots were calling, so I spent the day canning. I also baked for my sales tomorrow. (I’m not doing the farmer’s market this year, but am doing some by-invitation-only sales to a few folks.)<\/p>\n

Friday morning was harvest and then off to Portal to sell and do some work at the library. Then more canning of apricots.<\/p>\n

We finished off the week by going to Nogales to participate in a Families Belong Together march. We\u00a0were part of a group who blocked the port of entry<\/a> in protest of US immigration policy.<\/p>\n

Lots of important, gratifying, and meaningful activities. I wish every week were like this!<\/p>\n

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