Seen today.....

[ezekielsdaughter]

Prologue

In the library, I am finally sitting with a laptop and “writing”.  Putting my butt in the chair as the phrase goes.  Nevertheless, I am eased by the thought that Jefferson Parish apparently has wifi in the library and I can get to the internet.  Even as I promise myself not to feed that addiction for an hour.  Exceptions for dictionary.com and thesaurus.com.    I promised myself to open the file for a story back up when though I am too late to send it to armadillocon’s writers‘ workshop.   Courage....  

Seen today....

From my seat at a desk--which is actually too high for ergonomically--the husk of ant  caught in a spiderweb outside the window.  It is over 90 outside but chilly inside.  The glass is double paned and energy efficient, I guess.  Certainly, I can’t feel the heat when I touch the glass.  I can still see the tan form of the large ant as it waves in the light breeze.  The carnivorous spider is no where to be seen even though older meals hang nearby.  The library platform and floor is raised, so the uncut grass is three feet below the ceiling to floor windows.  The grass is studded with white clover flowers which make it obvious that the grass has not been cut in a week at least.  Above the clover flowers are spindly spires of grass going to seed.  Occasionally, fat wasps dart by right about the grass.  Again, I am glad of double-paned windows.

To my left, books that make it obvious that I am in the south.  “The Real Jimmy Carter.  How Our Worse President Underestimates American Foreign Policy, Coddles Dictators...”  This book is facing outwards on display.  Nearby “The Union Reader:  As the North Saw the War” and “Andersonvilles of the North”.   Maybe I happened to sit in the Southern defensive section of the 900’s.  973 to be exact.