We work at neglected projects in our last days: fencing the hedge from the ravages of rabbits and rutting deer, painting the foyer, scrubbing the floor. Why didn't we do these things earlier? In the words of my summer mentor, Rebecca Solnit, we surrendered to the story line rather than trying to tell the story ourselves. So the last chapter of summer writes itself and we find ourselves in the work of finishing.
8.16.2010
We work at neglected projects in our last days: fencing the hedge from the ravages of rabbits and rutting deer, painting the foyer, scrubbing the floor. Why didn't we do these things earlier? In the words of my summer mentor, Rebecca Solnit, we surrendered to the story line rather than trying to tell the story ourselves. So the last chapter of summer writes itself and we find ourselves in the work of finishing.
