Productive puttering

Dec. 15, Arlie Park

We had hoped rain would fall to quell any possible guilt we might feel about staying indoors today, but it didn’t begin to precipitate until dusk. I don’t think we feel guilty anyway. The last few days have been busy—hanging around inside the house felt good. And I actually got some productive puttering done, in addition to transmitting six prerecorded hours of Radio Free XMAS. I washed and dried laundry, cleaned up the kitchen, backed up my nearly full multitracker SD card, and gave it a fresh format for the new year. I also progressed to 83% in Big Sur, while hosting little Fleur on my lap; and binned a stack of my paintings that I don’t want anymore—that I'm quite sure nobody else wants, either. Plus I played with Betty and Fleur and took a nap with Mr. Griffin! It’s been a good day; and it’s only 5:30 p.m. I think we’ll watch the How The Grinch Stole Christmas (original 1966 TV version) after dinner. That’s a solid pre-Christmas tradition, and we've gotta do it either tonight or tomorrow night!