Day Thirty-Eight

A sad day followed.  I cried and cleaned the house and did not go out.  My landlord and his housekeeper did a great deal of yard work and burned more piles of grass around the yard.  

My neighbors' cows fed contentedly on big bales of hay in the field next door.  My cat ate and slept all day long.  I sensed I had hope coming into me.

I took the linens off the guest bed and put them away in the closet.  I took a long nap.  

In the afternoon my new friend sent a message inviting me on a village trip with some visitors of hers the next day.  I accepted the invitation.

I made a little supper, read and checked my email, then went to bed.  In the morning when I went out I saw that my landlord had turned one of the piles of bricks into an orderly walkway.