Week 3...or is it 5?
It is the end of our third week of distance-learning school and, I think, the end of our fifth week in quarantine/“stay home, stay safe“ (I honestly haven't been keeping track). Katherine now gets to enjoy one week of Spring Break (Vermont schools were instructed to honor their regularly scheduled vacation plan), but for the rest of us things are pretty "normal" (I use that term loosely); Patrick will continue his schoolwork, Jörg continues working, and things remain constant for me, although with Katherine out of school it will be more relaxed and flexible. I am hoping that the weather is warm and springy next week so that I can spend time working in the yard and garden preparing for the summer. I am ready for some fresh color in the gardens, birds at the bird feeders, and enjoying leisure time listening to my little fountain. I have used my altered schedule to work on projects that have languished on my want-to-do-list for a very long time. One such proje