Friday 6 September 2024

September 6, 2024 Chautauqua

Beth's Ponderings

   The last couple weeks of August I spent reading over old journal pages I’d written. 

   I started with October, 2013 - July, 2014.  Then I read July, 2010 - February, 2011 (summer of 2010 was when Alix main street was redone, as well as a host of other activities I’d forgotten happened that same year!).  The next batch I read was August, 2013 - October, 2013.  Finishing off with March, 2018 - July, 2018.  I didn’t intend to read them out of order, that’s just the order I found them in.

   There were some surprises as I wrote about things I have no memory of now - for example in 2010 I was writing a book - don’t know what it was about, or what happened to it, as I obviously didn’t finish it.

   Also, it is a MIRACLE that I survived the absolute insanity that was my life back then, and continued to publish this paper! These will now get shredded and here’s to a calmer, saner, more peaceful life ahead!

Beth


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