I putter.
I keep telling myself to write again, to draw again, but I don't seem to listen. I like to cook and to bake. I do laundry, dishes, and I was about to say dusting, but I leave the dust for the cleaning lady - even if she skips a turn - so you know I'm lazy.........
I read A LOT. Finally I have all the time I want to read all I want to read.
When we were young my husband was very busy, we had three children and no money to speak of, so I know how to make soup from a stick and clothes from thin air, and how it is not to have time to read until the late hours of the night and into morning.
And now my husband and I take walks, look at birds, he plants flowers which I get to pick, we play Scrabble, do crossword puzzles, travel.
We don't see the children and the grandchildren as often as we'd like. They all live too far away and are too busy. I miss them.
So I putter. I used to be a potter, now I just putter.
And read.

birte