Mietzke's POST Holden Adventure

It is eight thirty Saturday morning and I am slow to wake up, yeah for sleeping in! I finished gathering wood, which I have almost learned to do in my sleep and stoked the fire from last night’s coals. It is chilly in the house this morning. Then I put on a pot of coffee. It is a beautiful day with full sun streaming through the windows and up the valley. I don’t normally drink coffee but a day off seemed to call for it.

Nyrie is in the living room setting up a playground for her doll. She and Dave built a wooden swing for her doll yesterday, and she has hung it from a post between two chairs near the wood stove. Jordyn and Dave are sleeping in, so the house is quiet except for the sounds of brewing and crackling from the fire.

I sometimes forget how much I like Saturday morning away from the general village rhythm which moves all of us forward Monday through Sunday, through breakfast, lunch, dinner, and evening service. From up here I can feel the rest of the village moving through the Rhythm of the day, and I declare... It is nice to start the day out in leisure on occasion. It won’t be long now until the sun is warm enough to warrant sitting on the porch in the morning without three blankets and a coat.

It has been fun watching Nyrie this morning first warming her clothes by the fire, then putting them on one at a time, now she is doing the same for her doll, quietly chatting to her as she prepares her for the day. A doll has never been so loved.

I love these leisure mornings because it gives me the time to bring to mind each of the people I care about and spend some time praying and meandering. This morning I have been thinking a lot about my friends Keith, Karen and Lyla who are about to have a new baby and wondering how they are doing with all of their baby preparations. I am excited to meet the new little person, and to see the changes that he brings.
Oh, the coffee is ready and my blankets are waiting. It is off to the porch I go to watch the sun move its golden way up valley…Good morning and good day!