A reporter from the Inquirer called Elsa to do an article on her craft workshops. How exciting. I enjoy them so much myself - whether it was the women coming by to work on the Freshmen boxes in the summer or the Childs' kinder toiling over the living room table on Christmas projects. It was a shoo in to be a fun article.
What the reporter is interested in
is the "For Men Only" workshop scheduled for next Friday night. Elsa thought it would be a nice opportunity
for guys to make a handmade present for their
gals - wife, sweetheart, mother, daughter, whoever. No one has signed up for the 12/15
workshop. I feel like getting down on the floor and
kicking and screaming with disappointment. Hey, fellas, there is still
time. Get in touch with your creative, non-power tool self.
Forget the article - Elsa's never gone into
this for honor, glory and gain. Instead, think of me - pining away for what I
had hoped would be a couple hours of a
male majority in the house.
What a tidy segue into thinking
about what a "guy's gal" I am.
I love being around men. The Lockhart household very much revolved
around Pete. It is
what I miss about not seeing more of Peter ~ it is why I am delighted that he
is
coming over tomorrow for a
visit! It is what made my heart do a
leap reading a "Family Circus" cartoon
that Mim cut out to send me - one of the children told the Grandma that she wanted her
to live forever; the Grandma replied she couldn't because she had a date
with an angel. That is how I feel about Pete.
As I get ready for bed, I am having
a high old time thinking about the men in
my life, of the roles they have and
do play in my life - my sons, Peter,
Michael, and John; my grandsons, Scott, Reynolds and Chad; my nephews Bob,
Jack, Jim, Gil and David; dear-to-my-heart men like Gareth Acton and
David
Zeigler.
Yes, I would have basked in an
influx of men into the house on December 15,
but the spirit of these beloved men
are with me always.
What lovely thoughts see me off on my slumbers.
Love - CyberGram
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