BOMBAY

Not much to report today. My daughter and I built a bonfire at lunchtime just because we had some extra wood from last weekend. Then we read stories to each other about the Wild West and she wrote a pretend diary entry about what it would have been like for a girl her age back then. We did some spelling and cursive, but with lots of snack breaks. Math practice will be tonight with dad. All the public school kids are out, so she deserves a break too and tomorrow we're taking her to the zoo with some other friends. Right now we are feeding Bombay, a grouchy fat white cat belonging to our neighbors who are visiting family in Georgia. They live in a cabin in the woods and the sun is setting through the leaves. I love their house and the huge stone fireplace in the center of it, but I also like living on the main road, where we are. A bit less creepy. Out here in the woods we are alone with the birds, the wind and Bombay.