Blowing in the Wind...Rambling from Today

Today was definitely hump day. I was the least productive I have been all week, but I am preferring to think of it as re-charging.

The book project I am working on is a book on Moms of the Bible, so there are 66 chapters one for each book of the Bible. The main writing I have been doing here is a Bible book synopsis and then story under the heading "Mama Mia" to go with each book. Well, the synopsis are all done, and I have 21 stories left...seven a day for the next three days and my rough, probably very rough draft will be done...in all fairness, all the titles, story ideas, scripture and two sentence blurb (in a prelude to MAMA MIA in a section called MOMSENSE) were all done before I got here.

I took my mom with me to the clinic this morning. It was pretty hot and she didn't particularly enjoy her first stint as Missionary Mom.

After that we went to the West End and took the Water Taxi to West Bay. I haven't wanted to admit this, but my mom has gotten less steady on her feet, and getting in and out of the boat was very hard for her. She lost her balance getting in and almost fell completely backwards. The trip to the gorgeous beach didn't seem to make up for the "ordeal" in getting there, so I felt bad. We did have some yummy gelato which was great. I did a little snorkeling and got out pretty far; far enough that a passing boat full of divers told me to be careful. I guess it wouldn't have been too difficult to be missed by one of those water taxis...

We came back to Blue Bahia for dinner and there is a delightful singer here tonight. Of course I had to pick Blowing in the Wind which always makes me cry every time I hear it, especially the lyrics about "Where have all the soldiers gone...where have all the graveyards gone..." War and Death make me sad. And I was crying again...

I am contemplating Coconut Flan for dessert and then retire to the hammock on the deck. All in the name of rejuvination for more writing.