wouldn’t this be great with pictures?

except, there aren’t any. i haven’t gotten out my camera in the past three days. so, i’ll give a brief description of my life and times here on Keats, that will have to tide all you MilleyAddicts over until i have a comp-you-terr again in a few days.

first, the sailing lessons. well, it was one lesson, actually, the second being cancelled due to crazy morning winds and a small craft warning. barbie and i managed, rather ungracefully in my case, to throw ourselves into a tiny sailboat trainer (basically, a pontoon with mast and sail), and proceeded to laugh and chat our way through three hours of lazy sailing. it was a pretty big life moment for me, having sworn as a teenager never to sail, following a rather disastrous experience at camp. (think flapping sails, swinging boom, careening into the dock prow first, etc. oh wait, that’s a bit like me in a car now.) but, like a lot of the things i’ve attempted in the past few years, i’m a bit more calm and capable now, and i don’t expect to get everything right away, which also helps.

other happenings on MilleyIsle:

the children are bickering with each other like Punch and freaking Judy, and i am struggling to come up with new strategies that don’t involve sending them into separate rooms, or building a cage for them to fight it out UFC-style

the kids and i were mesmerized on thursday afternoon by the sight of a garter snake with a giant banana slug in its jaws. who knew that snakes find those slimy things tasty?

i am working on my not-so-mad rowing skills, hopelessly plowing up and down the island coast line, much to the merriment and derision of the cottager neighbours.

so, there you have it. a bit of a catch-up, milleystyle.

now, for a Question o’ the Day: what new thing do you think you should try, despite any misgivings?