Forced To Enjoy a Pandemic

Organizing the poems I have thought about organizing for two years
Finally have the time to do it. Feel grateful; did not think it would happen.
Outlined a mural from the kitchen to the last bedroom.
Dragon, kings, castles, queens, faeries, elves, brownies, cats.

Doing the things I thought I would do upon retirement before retirement
Still have the energy for it, and glad that I do as I fish stuff out from under beds
Some of these items have been there for twelve years; I thought it would be fourteen
Not fourteen now, as I begin to throw them all into a garbage pile.

If I have not used them for twelve years why would I need to keep them?
If a critter gets into the house through a dog door, it will be more difficult to hide.
Painting the white bathroom blue, a dream of mine for the past five years.
For five summers I have thought I would do it. Now I have.

Sorting online photos into files, so I can more easily find them.
Always thought of doing it; now I have the time.
Spending an hour a day writing poetry; a luxury I am loving.
Cuddling with a dog and cat who love it. A new hobby.

Keeping in touch with my friends via Zoom and Face Time.
Made my own U-tube channel where I have posted six videos.
I never knew how to make a video before this pandemic.
Now I do not know how to stop making videos!

Copyright © | Year Posted 2020



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Date: 5/23/2020 8:19:00 PM
wow, Caren, I love this poem and how industrious you are becoming. I never thought I could ZOOM until now. But frankly, I am left with no time anyway, I still do the same things and can't even start new projects. a FAVE on this one.
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 5/23/2020 9:53:00 PM
Thank you very much Andrea. I appreciate it. I truly do hope that I can start organizing my poems. If this site ever goes down I am sunk; everything is on here, but probably not anywhere else.
Date: 5/23/2020 3:54:00 PM
good for you, caren! sounds like you're actually doing some of the things i've been thinking that i should be doing but just can't bring myself to get started on...
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 5/23/2020 4:09:00 PM
It is difficult to not want to lull around and do nothing. Here is the key thing to do. Set fire to part of the house, and then you will be forced to prioritize. Worked for me.
Date: 5/23/2020 12:09:00 PM
I know exactly what you mean. We have addressed so many things around the house and yard that we have never been able to get to do. Don't like all the work but it always feels good when work is completed. You got a lot accomplished!! Congratulations!!
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 5/23/2020 4:10:00 PM
Thank you Judith. My first day of summer break started 25 hours ago so this was a complete fabrication - but it is my highest hope to do these things starting tomorrow. Today I painted canvases, wrote poems, and talked on the phone to ten friends who all thought to call me today! Thank goodness I can put them on speaker!
Date: 5/23/2020 4:58:00 AM
Good you are able to do al, these things. Congrats ~ thatese are no small accomplishments. I escape by visiting my grandson and enjoying the human encounter Wineries open this weekend. Wine ESSeNTiAL to life. God? Not a chance. G-r-r-r! Panagiota
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Date: 5/23/2020 4:11:00 PM
I am going to start tomorrow Panagiota. This was a FABRICATION but thanks for congratulating me, maybe I can be inspired now.
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