Not headed out yet. The dolphin has problems, basically needs a new engine. I’ve been taking this news in stride. Now I know it’s time to say goodbye to her. I’m a member of a Dolphin group on Facebook. Someone on there is interested in buying her. He and I should be having a conversation today to discuss details and if that can be a reality. Plan B is to rent a U haul in order to move the rest of my stuff to Eugene. The bright side is that I have no time commitments, otherwise I would be much more rattled. I am tired though and look forward to being settled when that happens.
Today I’ve been listening to too much news, which makes for a heavy heart. Also, my body seems to be recognizing that my daughter has a birthday a week from today. I’m only a block away from the house I brought her home to after her birth, where she took her first steps and celebrated her first birthday. I miss her.
The Sun magazine
“Someone to tell it to is one of the fundamental needs of human beings.”— Miles Franklin, Sunbeams, July 2020
So thanks for reading. Frances
Fscottwrites 
Hoping that some love and sunshine happen on your sweet path, Miss Frances! xo
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Oh Frances , don’t read the news! I’ve avoided news like the plague as an adult. Well written essays about people, current events, animals, environment and perspectives on relations are a wonderful, if not challenging read in publications like the Sun, the Atlantic, Orion, Harpers, and even the latest generation of national geographic.
I am proud of you for letting go of the dolphin. Not easy, but you will be less poor because of it.
As for remembering your daughters origins: in the beginning there is Love and in the end there is love. In the middle there is a lot of bullshit!
You’re wonderful, Frances. I love ya.
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