Haiku for August 2020

Haiku for August 2020

 

Saturday, August 1, 2020

Marg cut off her hair

Tomorrow we’ll shave her head

Falling out NO MORE!

 

Sunday, August 2, 2020

Jasper’s zoom birthday

Smash cake, friends from around world

So much fun for us

 

August 3

Fall down on the ground

Jesus bring your healing now

Teach me how to breathe

 

August 4

spent day sitting with Marc

hospital bed, EEG

nothing tasted good

 

August 5

Hospital release

Marg picked up Marc, took him home

No car for eight weeks

 

August 6

At last a freezer

Farm & Fleet, got the last one

Took it to Marc’s: sweet

 

August 7

Her mom brought Myr home

From Pavilion, surprised

Marc: happy again

 

August 8

Mom will come home soon

Today, interview with nurse

Then lunch together

 

Sunday, August 9

quiet Sunday rest

medic copter in the air

still breath of August

 

August 10

Writing all the time

Ideas fly through my head

Stories settle in

 

August 11

Rhythm smooths my days

Read, write, listen, pray all ways

All day, and just breathe

 

August 12

My friend sits in tears

Chickens want to comfort her

Cluck cluck, sit old hens

 

August 13

India morning

Ideas fly like bright birds

Across the ocean

 

August 14

Date today with Marg

Cook, eat, read, pray, watch Bob Ross

She made seafood bisque

 

August 15

Chickens ev’ry day

Farm life lived in God’s good time

Straighten up and sit

 

Sunday, August 16

Time with Mom today

At home again, like before

Bit more fragile, though

 

August 17

One chair, another

Exercise? Walk between them

Keep breathing, David

 

August 18

As long as I last

Read, write, listen, pray all days,

All ways, while I can

 

August 19

Our 41^st year

Dave, Margaret, family

Begins tomorrow

 

August 20

Outdoor day with Don (Savaiano)

After, Westclox Museum

Our sweet history

 

August 21

Cynthia Walter

Rented car, took country roads

Come to visit us

 

August 22

Great, beautiful day

Breakfast, gardens, make fun drinks

Pulled pork, 15 hours

 

Sunday, August 23

The big Vineyard tent

Outdoor pandemic party

Selling snow cones

 

August 24

Back to normal day

House is cleaner than it was

Celebrate small things

 

August 25

Springfield tomorrow

Grandkids, we get to see them!

We can hardly wait

 

August 26

Grow, Jack, Aly, grow!

Drive our car, Jack on your own?

While I crash in curb!

 

August 27

So sweet to drive slow

Came home through Mount Pulaski

50 miles per hour

 

August 28

Logos techno-date

Marg and I get more confused

Every Friday

 

August 29

Dan and Liz, pastors

New from Louisiana

Life Church Mahomet

 

Sunday, August 30

Tucked Mom in tonight

Told her a bedtime story

Cozy as could be

 

August 31 (Marc’s birthday)

So much fun for us

Jumbo crab seafood

Great server Qing