Mashup

Heidi asked for a "mashup blog" of all the things the girls have been up to lately.

From Wikipedia:

Definition for mashup:

A mashup novel, or mashup book (also mash-up), is a work of fiction which combines a pre-existing text, often a classic work of fiction, with

I stopped reading there; that was all we needed to know.  We present August 2011, mashed-up with words from Annie Dillard.  With deepest apologies to Annie Dillard.

Spend the afternoon, you can't take it with you.

A schedule defends from chaos and whim. A net for catching days.

 

He judged the instant and let go; he flung himself loose into the stars.

We are here to witness the creation and to abet it.

There is always the temptation in life to diddle around making itsy-bitsy friends and meals and journeys for years on end. It is all so self conscience, so apparently moral...

But I won't have it. The world is wilder than that in all directions.

*photo by Evelyn Ehlke

and most importantly:

How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.