My Mother's Holiday Message

[labingi]

A bit late, I wanted to share my mother's holiday letter (with her permission):

My Year of Not-doing

by Patricia Spicer

In 2025, while friends and relatives were busy with many accomplishments, I did NOT do several things:

My house was painted, but not by me. A painter did it.

A tiny home was installed on my property in Glen Ellen, but I did not do it. My remarkable tenant, Juan Sanchez, did it.

A new gate was added to my front porch railing, but I did not do it. A carpenter did it.

You can see how much I did NOT do. And there was much more.

But I did make two trips to Iceland, one with Rick Steves and one through the remarkable pictures of my cousin Holly, who also took me to all the film sites for the Lord of the Rings in New Zealand. How beautiful and what an easy way to travel!

Yes, Arwen and I did take one actual trip to Glen Ellen in June, very brief, due to my painful back injury. Much better now.

I look forward to another year of Not-doing, when I expect to xeriscape my front yard, but I will let the landscaper do it.

Comments

[genarti]

This is so cute! What a lovely year it sounds like.

[labingi]

Yes! I hope I'll be able to retire and not do too someday! (Actually, my mom is incredibly active at 89.)

[inhiding]

Happy New Year! I can relate to your mother; I love my do nothing days.

[labingi]

Happy New Year to you too!