Dawn and Dawning

It rained last night. Did it wash away the remnants of yesterday? Did it cleanse the soil and refresh all the living things? Dawn has come, and with it, the dawning again, that this is reality. that this is how things were left and how they progress. We arise and do out dance to the morning, and get ready for another day of clearing the way for another lost home to be rebuilt.

The mosquitoes are terrible. Everywhere! Even the natives are amazed to have them in January. It is warm while we here that it is cold and frosty in Riverside. They are predicting a high of 44 today here in N.O. Perhaps at least the mosquitoes will stay in their homes which were probably long ago rebuilt. They take care of their own without question.

Yesterday in the front bedroom there was a notice stuck to the wall. It may have been taped at one time, but now is permanently adhered to the panelling. It it the memorial notice for a family member who passed in 2003. It is now a permanent part of this house...or was. It cannot be saved. It will be removed along with the panelling, which also cannot be saved...like so much else. Like so much else.

And so, the day begins.
Rob