where did i put last week?

I'm having fun these days...I've got work to do, much of it...the kind that pays in money, the kind that pays in adventure. I've got a garden started, happy dogs romp, happy cats romp, a happy teen sighs and rolls her eyes, slightly embarrassed but good-natured.

The only thing I'm lacking is time...

I need extra time to sit and contemplate, wrap my mind around the big things while the details can be silenced and hushed for a few hours...
I guess could use this extra time to deep clean my office, tidy things up, get rid of distractions, take my car in for maintenance, find my other set of car keys, fold all the clothes.

But, with my extra time, I would do this:

• remember all the times I spent with my Grandmother, track back through my memory and remember what she cooked, what she told me about her childhood, how she made pie dough, the time she took me to get my ears pierced, the time we traveled through Wales together.
• read a book all about medium format photography and spend several days pretending I'm Diane Arbus

Of course, I am not cut out for priesthood, even with the possibility of Episcopal priesthood, it's not something I aspire too, until I think of how they might spend their days... Priests don't have to deal so much with the minutiae of everyday life...they can stay in spiritual meditation, contemplate eternal life, learn Latin and Greek and then read ancient texts in these languages. Buddhist priests can chop wood and carry water.

Maybe the trick is to find some of that spiritual meditation within the minutiae, in the core of life.