Overcast cloudy day, waiting for the sun to come and wash down the pollen.

I feel flat, not quite sue what to do with myself this afternoon. The Plein air class went well in the morning and now I am restless. Going to read another mystery story.

I wonder about how we get entranced by reading and by story telling. I am totally caught by Downton Abbey and yearn for it to continue forever even though I know that is silly. It has one more episode and then it is over for a long time. And some books I just don't want to end. So strange how our minds get caught.

I didn't watch the super bowl. Not on purpose , just it didn't come to my mind. at 5 on Sundays on channel 9 the new Bill Moyers show is on. I watched that. I learned more about what is wrong with our country , no one seems to understand how to fix it but we are getting better at describing it.

Now I am back to reading mystery stories, seems to be the only thing that works for me today.

Spent the morning in the gardens at the Barnyard, writing, sitting in the sun, enjoying the colorful flowers, birds singing. Only thing not present were people, customers. Shops open and no one to buy anything on a Saturday morning. Maybe we can convert this beautiful upscale shopping moll into a school. a university. It would be great for classrooms and dorms.

I can dream can't I.

I have signed up for the four day workshop with Naomi Shahib Nye at Tassajara zen mountain center for the end of May. I have gone twice before and am excited that I will be able to attend again. Now I have to settle down and write some more.

Read the entertainment section of the newspaper to see what movie I want to see. Lots of new movies out but none grabbed me. So I am home not watching the news, reading in my room. Not so be. Just finished Penelope Lively's new book HOW IT ALL BEGAN. I RECOMMEND TI.

I am having difficulty with my iphone, or at least the ipod part of my iphone. I can't bring up the podcasts that I have downloaded and seen on the screen. Today they are not on the screen. I don't even have the language to describe what is wrong. It's all about words. I have to pull out my iphone for dummies book and see what I can learn again.