The best of all possible weather right now – sunny, just a bit breezy, temperatures in the mid-60s. The evenings are the best, although the days are not as long as they were, say, a month ago. Now I know this isn’t going to last forever because nothing lasts forever. This is something that Einstein and his cohorts never focused on because they had so much else to think about. That nothing lasts forever and change is a constant should be called the fourth law of entropy since it is right up there with “matter cannot be created nor destroyed.”

My knowledge of scientific principles is scant; I bask in the light of arts, not sciences.

I spent most of my day at the ASF fairgrounds, partially basking in the warmth of the sun and admiring Becky the Head AFS gardener’s handiwork. Where we were, me and the Kid’s Kupboard people, we worked on getting the barn in shape for the two upcoming weeks of the fair.

I returned to the hotel and went to a BLBP board meeting. I don’t like these meetings because the most articulate individuals are the biggest bullshitters. I’m now starting to get paranoid, for I honestly think that some are out to get me. The one thing it seems I have going for me is that I am a volunteer so I can’t be fired. Again, a second instance of the third law of entropy, matter cannot be created or destroyed. I don’t get paid so they can’t take me down.

Goodness. It’s late and I have fallen asleep three times as I’ve attempted to write this. It was a very long day. The days are longer when, like last night, I wasn’t able to sleep. I get up knowing that eventually the day will come to an end, and I will be able to crawl back into bed. Usually there’s a dispatch between me and slumber. This is one of those times.

Writing today - -I barely got my hour in. I got everything ready beforehand, so that I would not finish up and have to rush out of the house. It didn’t seem to make much difference – I still had lost items to find, and in fact I had to run back to the house from the base of the driveway for my hearing aids.

Still working on the senior center chapter. I keep coming up with more things to include. I am close to done though. So onto writing about the trips to villages.

Looking forward to printing up Shelf Life and working off of a paper copy. There are some on the BLBP board who envision a benefactor coming along and giving us a few million. I envision getting more publicity through the publication of a book. There most likely is not much difference.

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