slowly she turned

I have a lot of continuing projects going on, and I don’t like to repeat myself so often, so I haven’t been posting lately.

I visited my mother over Easter weekend, and went to church with her Sunday morning, even though I swore never to do so again. That might give you the idea – my mama is not doing very well and going to church with her was one of the only things I could do to make her feel better. She is in loads of pain – we think a pinched sciatic nerve – but she is also loaded with arthritic joints and osteoporosis. Amazing because she has been so active all her life, and we had plenty of dairy consumption at our house! She had an MRI the week before my visit but the doctor was on vacation this week so it has been a frustrating week waiting to hear what he recommends when he gets back. She is 87 and none of us want to hear that she has to have surgery because of the risks involved. It broke my heart to see her walking with a cane and in such misery, but still going, going, going because she just can’t stop herself. I will be planning to go down there a lot more often this summer once the semester is over and the gallery opening is over.

Miss Jazz stopped eating on Good Friday, and it was downhill from there. She ate a little now and then but not enough to sustain herself. Sandy tried several things, but it was her time to go. She still went to the litterbox (note: not IN the litterbox) and to the food dish and then laid down beside them. She drank loads of water and we gave her chicken broth to drink. It was clear that her liver had failed, though, so Sandy made the decision to let her go on Tuesday morning. We were both with her and it was a peaceful passing, but of course when you have had an animal companion for 17 years it leaves a huge hole in your life when she leaves it.

And, of course, the weather has been scary for a while, but our area was lucky and the tornadoes came close by but not through Greensboro. I was obsessed with tracking them.

Greensboro Farmers’ Market Inc. barely won the vote of the selection committee. Now they have to get through the Parks and Rec committee and the City Council. There have been so many lies and innuendo goobering up this process that I don’t have any faith in politicians doing the right thing based on logic any more. It couldn’t have been more obvious that they had the best proposal – it should have been a slam dunk.

Today we are going to the Liberty Antique Festival, an event so large that we never manage to get through all of it before fatigue and sun and aching muscles sent us on our way. I love this festival! It is by far the best I’ve ever attended, although I don’t like the food. We always buy some fudge for the trip home.

Then we are going to Zaytoon for a community dinner honoring our friend Masoud. So I gotta go if we are to get all this in today!