Nothing New Under the Sun

 We got a base for the sink, but after placing it, have decided that it won't work. We will either adapt it, or take it to an Amish craftsman to make some changes. I think we could manage the thing ourselves, but Tim wants it done by an expert. 

Yesterday was a strange day. I poly'ed trim boards while Tim drove the tractor to my nephew's machine shop for a repair. 

I felt strange and light headed. It just felt as if I was moving underwater. 

I worked and felt like crying and I really had no idea why but by lunchtime, things were not better, and I was starting to feel nauseous. 

So. It was not a productive day. 

Tim has one of his trucks pulled out of the garage, and so it gives a wide open bay. I walked down to feed the cats. I do not feed them until they actually come to the dish, trying to force the 'taming' process. I sat down and called and called. Finally they came. First Possum. Then Tiger. Then Sigh (who has blue eyes) and finally Mini, the biggest cat who looks so like mama that I have trouble telling them apart. But sure enough, there was no heart shaped patch of fur, so it was the kitten. 

They scampered around nervously, but they did eat while I sat back and watched and didn't seem too troubled by my presence. 

We came home early in the afternoon, and I lay down and slept, The nap did me good, I think. I felt much better after I woke up. 

It was a quiet night, and we went to bed early. I was awakened by screaming. The neighbors were going at it hammer and tongs. I couldn't hear him, but I could hear her. I could see him, sitting on the bed. It looked like he was folding clothes and packing. She was shouting "GO! Just GO!" (among other things). Their bedroom window is perhaps 20 feet from our bedroom window, and I felt like a peeping tom.

Tim went to the computer. I went back to bed and turned on my reading light and finished my book. "The Same as It Ever Was". It was a book that I identified with quite a lot. I can't say that I liked it, but it was real, and I understood it, from all the angles. There is nothing new under the sun. 

Six hostages found in Gaza, dead. 

There is nothing new under the sun. 

Biden vows that Hamas will pay. I like Harris' take: Israel has the right to defend itself, but how it does so matters. She advocates for two states. It would solve the problem wouldn't it? 

I read that fully one half of Ukraine has been destroyed at this point. 

There is nothing new under the sun.

August is gone. September is here. The seasons change. The sun has seen all this before as well.