Musings from Eridu
The older I get, the less required I feel to be in touch with the world.
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Going Home (opens the original)
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We went home today. We had everything out of our cabin before breakfast. A quick dust-up afterward and inspection and we were ready to seal the place for winter. Although we all had to sign the seal, we let Sandi do the honors. She’d never done it before.Mom and Dad arrived early. They didn’t say much. Just loaded my stuff into the car and we headed out. They did say that Grams would be there shortly to pick up Nora, or I would have worried about leaving her behind.Dad asked about summer camp an
Awards and Celebrations (opens the original)
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It was hard to know what to do on our last full day of camp. Different girls planned various activities to which we were all invited. We watched a puppet show about monsters in school, and participated in a medieval sing-along.I helped Miss Marchant inventory the craft lockers and store the completed ones in the barn. Not many like to help with that job, but I do.I also went to the singing woods to give eggshells to my tree and her friends. It’s always sad to say goodbye to the trees. My tree gr
What to Do With a Flying Coaster (opens the original)
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I thought about going back to the meditation garden, but something in the back of my head said it wasn’t the right time. So I went to check on Rimmie instead.Rimmie has most of her stuff packed and ready to go home. It’s a lot of stuff. She’s still deciding whether to take her wings home or not. She likes flying with them and she has the opportunity to do it on the farm. She’s also determined to make a full-sized flying carpet over the winter. I wonder if that is even possible.I helped her box u
Meditation (opens the original)
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I went to the meditation garden today. Not to explore. Just to meditate. I figured that if that was what it was called, despite the fact that it was a maze, it must be good for meditation. Which is something I’ve never tried there.I don’t meditate as much as I could. It doesn’t feel like I accomplish much. I guess I’d rather be doing other things.But for some reason, today felt like a good day for meditation. Like I needed it or something. I don’t know if that is true. I don’t know if that is so
I Scream (opens the original)
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There was an ice cream social today. During the summer, we didn’t eat enough ice cream, so there was too much left over. They told us at breakfast to come up with our best syrups, sauces and flavorings by lunch so everything could get set up after.The potions lab was packed with girls scrambling to make their best. Miss Carter had me watching from a distance. We had to make sure no one made anything accidentally sickening. There were a couple of questionable formulations. Nothing that would make
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