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Those are the three ingredients I mix together when I want to lay soil down somewhere.
Right now rain has soften all of the earth and it is easy for me to tidy up those piles.
Later in the evening I started clearing brush. I cut a tree to my left, just about down to the ground. Then I cut one to the right in the same fashion.
Then I stepped back to view my work, turned around, my foot hit a boulder behind me, and I fell backward into the v-shape between the two trunks.
I could not get up. I tried my best to go forward, to wiggle backward, to throw one of my legs over one of the trunks, then the other, but I couldn’t find a way to roll over and get to my knees so I could get up.
I had to call Dave Wood on the telephone I always carry with me. Well, I don't always carry it with me, but I happened to have it on me tonight.
"Hi Dave. It is Arta. I am stuck. Can you come and help me?”
“Where are you?”
“Just come over by the east side of my house and I will call you when I see you.”
I don’t think I will ever forget the look on Dave’s face when he came around the corner and saw me.
He loves real life drama and I was giving him some.
We tried a number of strategies.
Finally Dave hugged me from behind and lifted me up.
And that is how I became unstuck.
It is also how a developed a new love for my telephone.
I am going to try to always bring it with me and never forget it.
Arta
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ReplyDeleteIt is also how a developed a new love for my _________." I thought it would end with neighbor. Ha ha ha. I'm so glad you are unstuck!
You killed me with this story. So great. I am glad the story didn't kill you. (my black humour coming out)
ReplyDeleteAlso, you can't even know how proud I was to read you had your phone on you. Question #2 -- did you have your nitro on you?
ReplyDeleteYes. It was a miracle day for me. I had my phone and my nitro, and even better, my phone was charged. I didn't need my nitro. I wasn't having a racing heart as I was sitting on the forest floor wondering how to get up. I just needed help standing up since I could see I would not be able to do it on my own -- at least from that position. I wish I could say that I did it on my own. But I couldn't. Thank you Dave Wood for having some spare time and for picking up the phone when I called.
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