76/77 degrees. Summer is definitely on the wane. One week since dental surgery (September 5) and I still have numbness in my mouth, occasional pain and aching etc. Not bad, but more than I expected.
I did resume bicycling this morning, which made me feel good. I missed it. I did taper the amount down some, eliminated the last "victory lap" through the neighborhood. While the stationary bike probably doesn't do a lot, it does provide me a chance to do something while I read my daily papers!
Drove to Jackson yesterday. I don't think I really realize or appreciate being in the "MidSouth" until I drive outside the City. I actually really appreciate Memphis and love Lakeland, both for what they are. Different, thank goodness, but it doesn't mean I don't appreciate the wonders of Memphis. Every time I drive over the Mississippi I think about rafting down the Mississippi. Not that I have any visions of me doing it or any desire to, but I enjoy thinking that that is where Huck Finn (or Tom Sawyer, I never could keep it straight) went rafting. The history of this area is just wonderful.
Anyway driving to Jackson on the Interstate doesn't really let me appreciate the Tennessee countryside. Some day, I am going to drive the back roads. Also I have been here 12 years and haven't been to Shiloh, which is only about 40 miles. I keep waiting for that perfect time. We see so much when we have visitors and want to show them the "sights" we haven't seen ourselves! My brother-in-law and his wife are coming for visit, so we will probably see some of the sights next week at we show them around!
Hope today slows down some, I have a lot of things to get done! Sounds kind of weird, but it's true.
The poem today from "The World Without End is Ending" is "Daybreak". Again, I'm not sure of the academic purpose of this. I guess the years do matter. It has been a long time since I got up at 6:50 a.m., except from a nap! I actually wake up a lot more alert also.
DAYBREAK
Yellow light,
Fractured by the shades
Filters into the room
6:50 a.m.
Sleep collapses into shrilling alarm
With silky voices
Into reflection
Of plastic answers
Brain foggy
Dark emotions
Dreams, now
Exposed to light
New decisions
The new day
Hits my face
Like cold water
Day breaks
Into the glass of light
Cold water
Hits my face
New day
New Decisions
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