You know how sometimes you get so wrapped up in whatever you’re doing that you completely lose track of time? Even hat Bow Tie o’ the Day knows about how time can slip away. Well, that’s what was going on with me last week, for the whole week. I kid you not. On Sunday night, I got caught up in watching the Deuel Creek fire break out in the hills just above us. I couldn’t look away: it was hypnotic and treacherous and gorgeous all at the same time. And then, suddenly, it was the 4th of July—with a family gathering and more fireworks in the neighborhood than Skitter could handle, so I spent a significant amount of time calming and comforting the mutt by burying her in her Suzanne-made blankets, and reminding her that she, too, lives in a country where she is free to experience life, liberty, and the pursuit of canine happiness, albeit at the odd cost of enduring eardrum-torturing, foothill-igniting celebratory fireworks a couple of times a year. And SNAP, it was suddenly Suzanne’s birthday on the 7th, which meant I had to be all gift-y and entertain-y—doling out cards and treats and miscellaneous varieties of potato chips to the birthday girl. She wanted to go to El Matador in Bountiful for lunch, so we did. I tried to get Suzanne to pick out a new phone for her birthday, but she was too mesmerized by the potato chips at home, so she hasn’t collected on the phone gift yet.
Now it’s this morning and time for this post. TIE O’ THE DAY is back on track—until the next time I get distracted by something shiny or otherwise interesting. I promised myself when I began TIE O’ THE DAY that actually living my life would always be a priority over posting about it. I apologize—but only sort of—that the sometimes irregularity of my posting can be annoying to regular readers. I do value you. I appreciate that you tune in. However, like you, I am in the midst of living a life that occasionally doesn’t leave me time and head-space to do everything I want to do. As much as I am enamored with creating TIE O’ THE DAY, it is not a have-to-do, top priority kind of venture. But even as I just wrote that sentence— even as I am thinking about it just now, I must admit that I honestly feel more balanced and connected on the days I post. Perhaps, after all these years of writing it, it has become more of a priority than I have heretofore been willing to admit. TIE O’ THE DAY is, in fact, an integral part of the life I’m living. I gotta ponder this and its various implications. 🤔
In this afternoon’s post, I will regale you with my Maverick order final answer, including the part about the Maverick in Santaquin that I played catch-and-release with a few days ago. 🎣