WordGirl Yet Another Catch-Up Session #31, #44, #43

Sigh. It's November 29 as I write this and I haven't even pulled my slip of paper for this week! I'm going back to my One Thing in 2018 . . . it lacks some of the fun variety and group participation aspect, but it works for me!

Week 45 (Nov. 5-11) I had #31: "Perform one act of proactive political action this week." I'm sad that I don't regularly do this! It seems like an exercise in futility, yet I know I should be more civically engaged. I intended to contact my representatives about the BWCA and keeping the copper mining out. I meant to contact the powers that be about protecting net neutrality. There were so many issues and so many missed opportunities. I finally called the FCC about the net neutrality issue. Probably too little, too late, but at least I tried.

Week 46 (Nov. 12-18) I drew #44: "Plan or plant wildlife friendly plants where you live, work or play - a pollen friendly plant maybe?" I planted some tulip bulbs, replanted the thyme that I'd had in a container on the deck, and trimmed back the plants by my mailbox area.

Week 47 (Nov. 19-25), I got #43: "Practice your handwriting skills this week - notes to others, shopping lists, etc." I didn't actually *practice* it, but I do a fair amount of longhand writing on a regular basis. Besides lists, I journal and write (and send) notes and cards to people. I like to joke that cursive writing is a secret code adults can use - kids can't read it!

Okay, I'm going to call this caught up and grab a slip of paper for this week.

WordGirl #45 Week 21 Planting

I meant to take photos of plants, but . . . it's the end of the school year and I'm exhausted. I did plant some baby cedar trees that had "volunteered" from our back yard in Jordan (an area we mow) to along the septic field up at our lake place. They are wildlife friendly . . . but I hope the deer don't eat them. I also have lots of other stuff to plant outside if they're not dead. The last few weeks have been a little too "survival mode" for me. Soon I'll be on summer vacation! And I hope next spring to play in the dirt a bit more, come May.

#45 says "Plan or plant wildlife friendly plants where you live, work, or play."