On Saving Red Geraniums

My last act at the Shuswap was to consider the beauty of the red geraniums on the path to the stream. I put them in pots to see if I could over winter them in the house. But two pots weren't enough to save. Mary gave me other varieties of geraniums this year – Isle de Paris, Ivy, and Apple Blossom, both pink and white. Why shouldn’t they live too, I thought, so two pots turned into 13 pots. The long, bloody scratches on my forearm are from the rose bush as I was trying to dig out the largest of the red geraniums, one that will take a whole room to itself, it has grown so large. I got to carry the dirt under my finger nails all of the way back to Calgary, because I just had to dig to the very last minute, while waiting for Wyona and Greg to drive up.

My level of anxiety is usually low, but I lost the video, Hilary and Jackie, a biography of the two DuPres sisters. I can’t find a copy anywhere as the movie is 1998 and not in fashion any more. Up goes my anxiety. My term paper was half written on it. Now I have to start again, with a new video to make the deadline. I wanted to choose Frida, then Pollock but The Source didn’t have either in stock. The clerk suggested Amazon.ca but that will be too slow for me to meet the deadline. I did see on the list of possible choices, Kinsey, and I did run across some papers about him when I was doing the Natalie Wood Course. I know. Hard to see the connection, but it was there. Having little time left to search out other choices, I purchased the Kinsey film biography, to write my paper for my film biograhy course on that Golden Globe winner. Laura Linney won the Oscar for the Best Actress for her portrayal of Kinsey’s wife.

Stay tuned because I am going to be out asking someone to edit that paper before Tuesday night.

Kelvin Jr. was with me when I was trying to find my way up and down the video isles to see what choices were available to me. When I asked for help at a till, the woman told me, “Oh, movies are arranged by jenners.” I had to work hard to get my head around that. When I did, I decided to go for help at another till.

Here is more fast news. The Brendan Robertsons’ have a new set of twin boys. The rock-a-by babies have to wait to be five pounds before the family of two, now family of four are all together at home.

Bonnie McLoone had a hip operation. I remember her telling the Dr. at another of her operations that the new mobility is better than winning the lottery. I hope she feels the same way about this operation.

Mary Johnson met Grant, Boyce and Arlan on Parliament Hill, yesterday. How amazing is that for both her and them?

And now?

Off to write an essay.

Arta