It was a busy weekend, here on the edge of the Prairie. Saturday was an open call for potters to throw bowls for our high school's Empty Bowls fundraiser. I did a modest 20 bowls in four hours, and watched in absolute awe as volunteers from a production studio cranked out bowl after bowl after bowl. Oh to have the upper body strength those young guys have for slinging clay like a boss. What a fun morning and for such a good cause. The funds go to supply nearly 600 children with a backpack of food for their weekends if they live in a home with food insecurity. What a quaint expression meaning they have nothing to eat after Friday's school lunch until Monday morning's school breakfast. It makes me quite militant toward those who vote to cut funding to needy families, I suggest they forgo eating every weekend to learn what it must be like for those children. How can they possibly come to learn on Mondays after being hungry for two days?
The husband and I spent a pleasant autumn afternoon raking the leaves and he's out mowing the lawn one last time. The garden decorations are cleaned and put away until Spring's arrival. We are very cognizant of the storm of '91 which dumped 31 inches of snow on us Halloween night. The very young future service son was the Lone Ranger that year, and had to be stuffed into his snow suit under his costume, when he and his dad returned from their trick or treat travels his cowboy hat had 6 inches of snow atop! Just like the Scouts, we're prepared.
Hope your weekend was also productive - did any of you find an art colony close to home?
Namaste. Proverbs 22:9 Blessed are those who are generous, because they feed the poor.
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