Before the whole summer gets away from me and people start talking about how it’s over the minute the #&@*ing CNE opens, I am printing this and taping it above my desk where its job will be to inspire me often to stand up, find a bucket and spade, head outside in any direction and—for much longer than I think reasonable—let my toes and mind wander where they may.
Thanks for the reminder, Carol…
Matilda Magtree 
Wow, that makes me want to grab a bucket too!
I think maybe I’ll resign myself to the meditative qualities of sand art —
if only to avoid the disappointment of everything I make looking like an overtuned bucket of sand…!