No More Standard Time

 

Yesterday began on a high. I spent the early morning hours of darkness finishing the sorting of all my mementos. A huge, unsorted box of clippings, photographs, documents, receipts, letters, show programs and promotional materials, etcetera, etcetera, have been sorted. I now have three small boxes: one with old photos, one for letters and other paper souvenirs, and one with things for Steve to sort through when he is here in the Summer.

And then, at 6:30, it was evident from the sky that we were going to have a lovely bright sunny morning at least, and maybe an entire sunny day. I was happy to know that Her Highness and I would enjoy a lovely and warm morning walk before we went to the post office. I had several letters to mail to friends, each one with photographs I discovered and that they might enjoy seeing and keeping.

More good news: My cistern is 60% full. It’s filling nice and slowly. I shall be climbing back up on it today to spray the valve with WD40 today, and I’ll also be getting started on my closet. I’ve been wanting to sort through it and discard a lot of things for ages. It feels good to be paring down my accumulated things. It’s positively thrilling to go into my studio now and see total order. I did a thorough cleaning and sorting of things in it last Fall.

And finally, I did not light a fire yesterday morning. There was no need for it, and I like to save money and wood as soon as I can. However, I lit it for my evening on the chaise.

After lunch, I got busy in my closet. I took all my beautiful and terribly expensive dress shirts to The Gabe Shop. It’s a secondhand store that sells goods and gives all the money earned from sales to the medical clinic and other medical assistance groups on the island. They were very happy to receive every shirt. 

This morning, I got started on my pants. I have scores of pairs of pants and scores more of shorts. I don’t need as many as I have, so I am preparing another donation to The Gabe Shop, and I’m also packaging a lot of other clothes to give to People for a Healthy Society, an incredible agency on the island that supports the unhoused, homebound elders with meals on wheels services and many other services, and people with disabilities. 

Last night, the usual, but this morning began with changing my clocks for the very last time. No more Standard Time. We are now on Pacific Time permanently. 

This morning has dawned brilliant and clear, and it’s lovely and mild. We enjoyed out morning walk and then I came home to do more work on my closet and packaging clothes that I want to donate. I’m still on a break from the SPACE database, and I finished my first Kate Atkinson book, so I am focusing today on Spring cleaning.