Don't Surround Yourself With Yourself

is the lyric playing in my mind this morning. It's from "I've seen all good people" by Yes. The rest of the stanza is: "...Move on back two squares, Send an instant karma to me, Initial it with loving care."

Lots has been written about the meaning of this song (as has also been done for many other songs; just Google the lyrics you like and chances are there's an article somewhere). I think it means don't get too wrapped up in yourself. I found one interesting thought about it by a Rev. Jim Moss.

It looks like it's going to be a beautiful day here in Kentucky! It should be our first 70 plus degree day. The man who did our lawn mowing last season (I'm probably going to buy a mower and do it myself this year) came yesterday with his chain saw and we cut down the sapling trees that had, over some years before we bought this house, taken over the area at the end of the driveway. I enjoy woody areas as much as anyone else, but this was a thicket in the wrong place. Now I'm waiting for another worked to come and haul off the brush, and he's also the one who is going to roto-till the areas we want to work with, either for plantings or our garden. I put fertilizer with crabgrass preventer down yesterday, too. We are still waiting for the city-approved trash service to come and take the large piles of branches that have accumulated on the front parkway since before the big ice storm last month. Oh, well. All in good time, I suppose.

Barbara and I are hoping that daughter Sarah and son-in-law Dave Mitchner will be coming down next weekend from Brandenburg (KY).

I spent a few more hours scanning slides yesterday: good memories, as most of them were from my Boy Scouting days at Camp Cedars in Nebraska.

So, whatever YOU do this day and weekend, initial it with loving care!