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Hi Walt,
Years ago Sharon asked me what I would wish for. I said then that I
wished that every day would be Saturday. Guess what? That is why
each day now starts out with one of us asking the other, “What
Saturday is it today?” Then we laugh at our little joke. Tradition
forming.
Retirement finds me each dawn, reading and writing in the velveteen
barrel chair overlooking the valley. From here the chair swivels the
180 degrees of landscape, or I can swing left and watch the gas logs
flaming in the fireplace (before we got our last gas bill, that is), or
rotate to the little nesting table next to the chair where I will find my
coffee, and maybe a snack. Always there is the magnificent dawn.
Routine is taking shape.
This morning a tule fog lies in the river channel below, only over the
river, covering the dark water completely. It looks like a river of
cloud, meandering down the sleeping valley.
Alpha crowds onto the impossibly small spot of me left over after
the laptop that is cradled on my thighs. She purrs with guttural
nesting sounds and kneads my lap, trying to stake out a territory.
The resultant balancing act is extraordinary, and the typos are
frequent…and also extradoorendiary.
I am noticing that the distinction between various dress code
categories begin to blur a bit with age, at least for me. I spend a
great deal of time attired in a category of dress located no farther
from the Pajama Arena than the outskirts of the parking lot. I
sometimes venture out into the world with much the same costume I
wear to bed. This is possible because of a classification of garb from
the outer rings of the planet P.J.’s, known as sweat gear, the clothing
equivalent of indoor-outdoor carpeting. I am not talking about your
nylon designer yuppy suits, no, not the suburban gadabout mall
uniform. I mean the old fashioned heavy cotton, drawn and plumed
at the ankle, baggy butt, gym class sweat suit. The high fashion
sweats are not as comfortable to sleep in, and they make noise when
you walk. I use only the pants.
If I need to go to the store in the morning for some errand, it is only
a matter of rising from the bed and pulling on a hooded sweat shirt
and...wait, what to put on my feet? Not shoes. It is a slippery slope
from penny loafers to mukluks, and anything in between those that
you can slide into works for me. For bed-head, I choose from a fine
collection baseball caps. To complete the spoof, I stride confidently
and pretend I have Tommy Bahama labels on all my parts.
I don't know what others think about me in this regard. At least my
sweat pants don't have zippers I can leave down.
In Reply to: A Saturday by any other name: A report from dotage. posted by Jim H. [5199.4421] on January 13, 2008 at 09:11:41:
OK, Jim, now we're talking. I love it. Lucky kitty..... probably likes the heat from the laptop as well as the lap? Have you picked up a pair of Croc's? I hear they are wonderfully comfortable. Of course, I wouldn't be caught dead in them but I think it may go with your "look":)
In Reply to: A Saturday by any other name: A report from dotage. posted by Jim H. [5199.4421] on January 13, 2008 at 09:11:41:
Thanks, Jim,
Much of what you are describing parallels my day.
You say it so much more poetically, though.
Namaste`
Walt
In Reply to: Re: A Saturday by any other name: A report from dotage. posted by Sally [6687.1590] on January 13, 2008 at 09:22:14:
Thanks, Sally. Crocs are to the feet what Ray Kroc is to the stomach.
In Reply to: A Saturday by any other name: A report from dotage. posted by Jim H. [5199.4421] on January 13, 2008 at 09:11:41:
If I need to go to the store in the morning for some errand, it is only
a matter of rising from the bed and pulling on a hooded sweat shirt
and...wait, what to put on my feet? Not shoes. It is a slippery slope
from penny loafers to mukluks, and anything in between those that
you can slide into works for me. For bed-head, I choose from a fine
collection baseball caps. To complete the spoof, I stride confidently
and pretend I have Tommy Bahama labels on all my parts.
I don't know what others think about me in this regard. At least my sweat pants don't have zippers I can leave down.
Well, if it's any consolation unretired 30-something people do this too.
But going out to dinner after farm-work in your work clothes is fun too. Especially if there's a few of you.
In Reply to: A Saturday by any other name: A report from dotage. posted by Jim H. [5199.4421] on January 13, 2008 at 09:11:41:
That is the name I have been given by my workmates, now that I work out of my house. However I find it doesn't really work for me. I like to get showered and dressed after my morning workout and sauna.
Er, I do leave the tie and shoes off.
Silver Fox!
In Reply to: Re: A Saturday by any other name: A report from dotage. posted by lissa [708.8] on January 14, 2008 at 10:12:31:
...be saw dust on the floor and beer on tap where you go?
In Reply to: Re: A Saturday by any other name: A report from dotage. posted by Walt Stoll [93.1903] on January 14, 2008 at 07:32:15:
Thanks for the compliment, Walt.
I have a couple of quotes for you today, from W. H. Auden...not a fun
guy to read when you are a young student, but a heady and soulful
chap to me these days.
* * * * * * *
''Healing,'' Papa would tell me, ''is not a science, but the intuitive art
of wooing nature.''
"Health is the state about which medicine has nothing to say: Sanctity
is the state about which theology has nothing to say."
In Reply to: Re: A Saturday by any other name: Pajama Boy. posted by Steve [5592.4388] on January 14, 2008 at 16:27:12:
I wondered where you were, Arctic Fox.
I posted awhile back, and I think you missed it, that I underwent a
series of colonic treatments, during an eight day fast. You and
S.H.A.P.E. were instrumental in my doing that...(also my daughter who
is now a Licensed Colon Therapist, who will eventually give up her
day job and go full time). That treatment effectively ended my
dysbiosis.
Last week I assembled my sauna, following your footsteps, and I am
hoping to see the long term effects you describe, since I am now
sweating daily. Friends have rightly asked why I have a sauna in the
desert, and they have a point, but the winter is long, and this way I
don't get a sunburn.
I would like to add that the French rival the Chinese in writing bad
directions and in putting the holes in the wrong place.
In Reply to: Would there by any chance, lissa... posted by Jim H. [5199.4421] on January 15, 2008 at 07:55:17:
Sometimes beer on the tap. Not very many places have saw dust though.
In Reply to: A Saturday by any other name: A report from dotage. posted by Jim H. [5199.4421] on January 13, 2008 at 09:11:41:
; )
But I really say, be comfortable if it sweat suits you.
In Reply to: Re: A Saturday by any other name: A report from dotage. posted by Sounds [2889.2765] on January 15, 2008 at 11:32:35:
Sweat suits and mukluks....regular gear up in Alaska. ;-)
In Reply to: Re: A Saturday by any other name: A report from dotage. posted by Sounds [2889.2765] on January 15, 2008 at 11:32:35:
...hilarious clip and terrible pun (the best kind).
In Reply to: A Saturday by any other name: A report from dotage. posted by Jim H. [5199.4421] on January 13, 2008 at 09:11:41:
Scribe,
All your Saturdays sound so delicious. Your desciption of the kneading kitty and the sweats are so very familiar to me. It sounds as if you have found a nice niche from which to further evolve. Go forth!
p.s.
on a personal note, I fell on New Years Day. I sprained my ankle terribly and broke my foot. It happened at my mother's home, and I have not been able to leave, as I cannot do much more than hobble on cruches to the family room once a day. Just wanted to let you know, since I haven't had access to my computer...
In Reply to: Pajama Boy. posted by Jim H. [5199.4421] on January 15, 2008 at 08:27:11:
Follow the directions. Good news about your dysbisois. Give the sauna about 6 months and you will feel like a new man.
Silver Fox!
In Reply to: Re: A Saturday by any other name: A report from dotage. posted by k. [80.56] on January 15, 2008 at 13:58:30:
I think probably look in the archives under "klutz". Let us know how
you do.
In Reply to: How did you manage that, k? posted by Jim H. [5199.4421] on January 17, 2008 at 09:46:42:
Thanks for the oh-so-warm-and-fuzzy-support.
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