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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