People have forgotten the importance of a nap. The power of resting. The need to rejuvenate. It’s hurry to do this
and hurry to do that. Every day, every
week, all year long. No time for
resting, no time to nap. Keep moving,
keep doing
.
Even
nature knows better. The trees, and the
grasses and the wildflowers, and many creatures that live in the wild take long
winter naps. And what do we humans do,
we keep on trudging along, come high water or deep snow, temps in the 90s or
those below zero. Although resting is in
our DNA—most of us know enough to get a good night’s sleep—we don’t know enough
to rest during the day.
Why is
this? Is it a fear that if we rest,
somebody will out do us? Does our
competitive nature overshadow our need to slow down once in a while—or even
stop “doing” on occasion and do nothing?
Or is
it because those of us who grew up when times were tough in this country learned at an early age that we must work, work, work—or we wouldn’t have
anything to eat, or a decent roof over heads?
Or is it something else?
I’m
thinking about all this as I listen to thunder booming and see raindrops skidding
down my office window on this restful afternoon.
The Old Timer
Says: It’s time for a nap.
Writing From Your L
ife: A second Clearing Writing Class
is scheduled for Friday, October 28. Call 920-854-4088 to Register.
Upcoming Events:
August 9, 6:30 p.m. Winnebago
County Historical Society. Oshkosh
Library. History of Wisconsin
Agriculture
August 12, 9-4, Writing Workshop,
The Clearing, Door County. (Filled)
August 20, 10:30-11:30 am. Waupaca Annual Arts on the Square. Story telling
August 22, 7:00 p.m., Twin Cities
Public TV. Live appearance. The Land
With Jerry Apps
August 30, 7:00 p.m. Milwaukee
Public TV. Live appearance. The Land With Jerry Apps
September
8, 7:00 p.m. McMillan Memorial Library,
Wisconsin Rapids. Workshop on memoir writing. Participants should have a copy
of TELLING YOUR STORY. Books will be available for sale the evening of the
workshop.
Materials at the Patterson Memorial Library
Purchase Jerry’s DVDS and his Books from the Patterson Memorial
Library in Wild Rose, Wisconsin (a fundraiser for them):
The library now has available signed copies of Jerry’s DVDs:
Emmy Winner, A
Farm Winter with Jerry Apps (based
on The Quiet Season book.)
Jerry Apps a Farm Story (based on Rural Wit and Wisdom and Old
Farm books.)
The Land with Jerry Apps, (based on the book Whispers and
Shadows.)
Also
available are several of Jerry’s signed books including: Jerry’s newest novel, The Great Sand Fracas of Ames
County. and Wisconsin
Agriculture: A History.
Jerry’s newest books, Roshara
Journal (with photos by Steve Apps) and Telling Your Story—a guide
book for those who want to write their stories—are also available.
Contact the library for prices and special package deals.
Patterson Memorial Library
500 Division Street
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