Enjoy this beautiful weekend.

     Mary Oliver is one of my favorite poets.  Enjoy!

The Journey
One day you finally knew
what you had to do, and began,
though the voices around you
kept shouting
their bad advice --
though the whole house
began to tremble
and you felt the old tug
at your ankles.
"Mend my life!"
each voice cried.
But you didn't stop.
You knew what you had to do,
though the wind pried
with its stiff fingers
at the very foundations,
though their melancholy
was terrible.
It was already late
enough, and a wild night,
and the road full of fallen
branches and stones.
But little by little,
as you left their voices behind,
the stars began to burn
through the sheets of clouds,
and there was a new voice
which you slowly
recognized as your own,
that kept you company
as you strode deeper and deeper
into the world,
determined to do
the only thing you could do --
determined to save
the only life you could save.
~ Mary Oliver

        Rivers in the Ocean

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     I have been spending the weekend gathering tax info for the CPA to do my taxes. Why, oh why, must it be so complicated?  This will be a more difficult year than most for me.  I have a couple of questions for the CPA before I continue, so have a break from it today.  I have been procrastinating on finishing this to the point that it is keeping me awake at night every night. MUST GET ORGANIZED!

    We are having a few days of beautiful weather.  I feel so much better when the sun is shining.

     I took Charleigh-dog to Clement Park yesterday.  She is training me more than the other way around.  I know now to have her harnessed up before leaving the house.....she will be too excited to hold still once we get there.  She becomes a whirling dervish when excited.  I know to attach her leash securely to the inside of the car or once I open the door she will be gone with the wind.  I know to bring a toy-kong filled with cheese so I can lure her back into the car once our walk is over.  And I know that she won't even hear my voice or feel my presence for at least a couple of miles no matter how good the treats I bring.  The ducks, geese, prairie dogs, and other people are much more exciting than any treats.  She is an extremely powerfully built, muscular girl.  MUST GET HER TRAINED!