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This seemed like it would be a quick little project, but….

I have not done any calligraphy for years and forgot many of the simple techniques that would have prevented me from having to start this five times including: counting spaces and letters when centering lines, making sure the paper is not so porous that the ink bleeds, making sure that the paper is porous enough so that when you erase your guidelines you don’t erase your work, to stop thinking about anything except the current letter. and so on.  Well at least it is inexact enough that people will not think I cheated and just used a computer font…

This is a saying that my dad had hanging in his basement for years and I always loved it.  Now I am thinking I need to do an entire series of subversive calligraphy –  maybe some mildly rude stuff in pseudo latin…..

(and yes, I did cut the mats off-kilter on purpose. In my twisted mind I thought that was funny)

This evening my daughter popped in on her way home from yoga class. She and I were comparing notes on our latest posts, and she asked if I had done my “Thing” yet today. I had just gotten home from work, and I said I hadn’t yet gotten around to it. Not missing a beat, she took a 5 x 7 notebook out of her new green plaid messenger bag, selected a page, chose a pen, and in the middle of the sheet of lined notebook paper she drew a circle, slighter larger than silver dollar size, with “to it” printed in the center of the circle. She then tore the page from her notebook and handed it to me. So thanks to Kiki, this evening I got “a round to it.” Oh man, can’t you just HEAR the groans!!!!!

I procrastinate.
“When I get around to it”
is my fav’rite line.