Hello, Readers.
Eloise, here on an ordinary Friday night.
Or not.
It's the culmination of the high school regular season
and we are playing the annual backyard rivalry
Battle of the Bridge
between the Huskies of Harbor Creek
and
the Braves of Iroquois.
To make things extra fun,
the district decided to have a relay race at halftime,
High School vs Elementary
I was the stronghold of the elementary squad
representing the Pups.
We were out powered by the height of our competitors
and lost a close relay to the High School Team.
I would like a rematch
with a fully inflated unicorn suit.
I brought my biggest cheerleader along.
She came home a happy girl despite the defeat.
The Marshall Family
of Peace, Love, and Little Donuts
brought her some maple bacon donuts!
Now that is worth doing a jig!
You have to have some fun
dancing through life,
even in the rain,
dressed as a unicorn.
In fact,
Eloise has become
a Dancing With the Starts enthusiast this season
because of this young man:
Robert Irwin is the son of the late Steve Irwin
Crocodile Hunter.
Anyone watching knows that it is Robert's stage presence
and personality that shine the brightest.
Last week's show theme was
songs from Wicked.
Very appropriately,
Robert's dance was to the song
Dancing Through Life
CLICK HERE TO WATCH
Here's something that looks wicked
but is very helpful to the environment:
He is living under my deck
and needs a name.
Suggestions, please.
The opossum was at the Lamp Post--our home,
not at the Lantern--our cabin.
The Lantern is Someday Project at our cabin in the
Allegheny National Forest in Marienville, PA.
It is my desire have a writing station in the big woods.
I find my greatest inspiration when I'm outdoors.
The Lantern needs to be way up high in a tree
to resemble a nest.
It must unique enough
not to be confused with a tree stand
because I don't shoot--
only with my lens.
I want this at the entrance:
Then all through the tree I want to hang a whole bunch of lanterns
with the battery bulbs--
no flames in our dry forests!
Can you just see it?
is the first stage
of making it happen!
I just need a bit more time for
imagineering.
Here's the setting:
Pretty, isn't it?
I could dance through my life
right up into a tree
and write children's books
to my heart's content.
Here's the inspo:
I just realized my family visited last weekend
and I should have ran my idea by them.
The O's are aces
about making something out of nothing.
Dancing through my life has many stops and starts.
I always make the driver stop the car
so I can get photos of the sun through the trees.
It has its ups and downs, too
as I frequently jump from my reading chair
to catch the sun
when it hits just right.
Look at that storm front that swallowed the remaining sun.
We are about to dance ourselves right into the holiday season,
and I have a Must Listen for you--
a Mandatory Homework Assignment
for all Lamp Post Readers.
It is from the Office Hours podcast
by Arthur Brooks.
and I use YouTube to listen to it.
The recent episode
4 Ways to Love the People You Disagree With
is just awesome.
Still not sold?
Read the summary.
For a listen,
And if you let me know that you listened,
send word,
and I'll send you a gift unique to you!
Receiving mail from Eloise,
who is part unicorn,
is one of the fun things in life.
Enough to want to make you dance.
Have a great weekend, Readers!
Eloise
