Dear Friend,
We are in the second week of summer vacation, and the heat is certainly giving us an idea as to what summer could look like. It was in the mid-90s yesterday, and today the heat index could be in the low 100s. While we are hoping for the predicted rain to put a bite into the drought, the grass still grows and needs to be cut. At least it is green—for now anyway. That may change once summer sets up camp and decides to stay for a while.
This month is the Festival of Freedom in my town. Festivities are going on from the library to local downtown businesses. This coming weekend is the annual Wings & Wheels at the local airport, followed by festivities downtown. The Chickasha Area Arts Council has blocked off several blocks on Chickasha Avenue for an arts and craft show, including food trucks, to kick off this month-long celebration of our country’s 250th independence celebration.
Last Friday I took a basket-weaving class at the library. Boy, making these baskets is not as easy as it looks. We started from scratch, having to glue the spokes into the base and then wait for the wood glue to dry, which in itself is a challenge, as the glue took forever, and some of us, including myself, ended up bringing our materials home to make our baskets. My base is still sitting on my dresser, and I’ll get to weaving the basket soon. This was only one of several activities for kids and adults to experience. I’m looking forward to the candle making and might even try my hand at quilling. Check out the Chickasha Public Library’s list of June events, including Literary conversations, as well as living history and trivia.
I am part of a small group of women from church who are widows (ages range from 60-93). We try to get together for lunch whenever we can, and Sunday was the first time in a long while that we were able to do so. Marcy, who is now homebound, opened her home up to Marj, Laverne, Cheryl (who is Laverne’s daughter and not a widow), and me yesterday (Sunday). She had pizza waiting for us, followed by pecan pie with ice cream. It’s always fun when we get together with these wonderful women outside of church. That’s when everyone lets their hair down, and we laugh about a lot of things. It was a happy but sad luncheon as Marj is moving to OKC and may not be in church as often as she is now. But we will try to get together whenever we can and hopefully when Marj can come back to attend church with all of us.
That’s about it for the past week, and time for me to get back to writing. I can never thank you enough for continuing to read these snippets into my life as an author. I hope I have not bored you too much with them. 😊 After all, other people's lives are never as glamorous as we may think.
May your ereader or bookshelf overflow with delightful books to read!
Maxine
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