Sara's Journal

After I arose to greet the sun with the neighbors I went to cook the first meal for Bernie and myself. After the morning chores and my bath in the lake I got ready to go to my workshop. The latest firing is scheduled for today and I spent much of yesterday finishing and perfecting the glazing. Half of this batch of pots and kettles will go to the municipal collector for the semi annual stoneware replacement fund and I have painted the other half intricately to trade at market for more wheat. We have begun to stock up for the approaching rainy season. I must soon apply to the municipality for roof maintenance so they have a chance to replace the sod before the rains come. Today has been such a beautiful day, Camus be praised, it will be a nice day for painting the Galapagos finches recently brought to the park. I packed a picnic instead of returning to the house for midday with the family, Mrs. Nisholm baked us another fresh loaf yesterday for her new salad bowl and the avocado tree in the yard has finally produced, as has the garden so my lunch has been pleasant. We are scheduled to pick up our goat’s feta this week from Madame Fromier, I will do that before my evening classes on ancient runes and language and watercolor painting. It is almost time to load the kiln before my afternoon walk with Fran. Must remember to talk to Agnes’ son Ivan about loading the cart and helping me at market next week. So odd to have the children moved to the bigger academia center in Prouston and Maggie on the homestead an hour away. I’ll have to pull out the Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica to read myself on the Newton day festivities.