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Sunday Review: A sketchy memory

The March 10, 2013 prompt for "30-Day Blogging Challenge ON HIATUS"  is
Blog! Tell us about your week. Include your favorite entry from your fellow challengers from the week before, and, most importantly, why.

a pristine blue sky
the shadows of oak limbs dance
on my garage roof

Today the sky is clear, a pristine blue without clouds or a hint of rain. It rained all day Friday and Saturday was mostly cloudy all day. A friend sent me a Barns & Noble gift card, so on Thursday I went across town to purchase a book and a magazine. I bought The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion and the March edition of The Opera Magazine, which is the only fashion magazine I am ever interested in reading. Normally, I buy writer's magazines or science magazines.

olive tree limbs wave
hello to approaching spring
a temperature change

Today the wind is blowing, perhaps I should say still blowing because there were variable winds all last week. I have not checked the weather, so I do not know what the meteorologist predicted. Maybe I should checked weather.com to see what to expect over the next seven day. I have to get out more this week then I did last week because staying home contributes to depression, which set in yesterday. About the only thing I accomplished yesterday was a blog entry.

fog on a clear day
hides yesterday's memories
do I need grape juice

Saturday was a lost day. I am not even sure that I read any blog entries yesterday, I know I cannot remember much of what I read before Saturday. I did write some poems last week. I did read and respond to some blog entries last week. I did review last week. However, I am still dealing with yesterday's mental fog and that seems to be hiding a lot of what I read. I am sure that I found most of what I read last week interesting, but I cannot remember much of what I read. I am in mourning, so that may account for the depression; however, I am not sure it accounts for my sketchy memory. I remember reading the first two chapter of Joan Didion's book and I found out I am experiencing The Year of Magical Thinking, so that could account for my confusion about last week.

change is always good
a notebook and a pens helps
the mind remember

This week I am making some changes. In addition, to reading and responding to blog entries I am going to keep notes on those I find most interesting. I am also going to attempt to figure out what happened yesterday that brought on the mental fog. The one thing I do know about Saturday, March 9, is that it got away and I do not know where it went or what I accomplished. If I have another day like this during March then I will have to contact my doctor and see if she can assist in finding out what is wrong. I suspect the issues is that I am still in mourning and If that is the case then I just have to continue with my grief counseling sessions.