Remember that appointment that didn't show up last week? Well, she shows up today but I had to send her away (to come back tomorrow) since I didn't have time to do her today. God, what a crazy business! I am, of course not sure if it was my mistake or hers but whatever, this stuff happens from time to time.

The State Board inspector showed up this afternoon. What fun! Actually, it wasn't so bad. We got a 94. She was real happy with my brush drawer. They were all so clean! They added some new rules this year and went up on our license fees again. Gotta pay for that bureaucracy you know.

I finally finished "The DaVinci Code" book. What a good read. I learned a lot of interesting things even though some of is considered controversial (Jesus and Mary Magdalene being married, etc.). Some things I already knew, such as the role Constantine played in changing the way the Church did "church". It was Constantine that instituted the western style 'Greco_Roman' structure of their meetings. Now they had lecturns (pulpits) which, of course, were elevated above the people increasing the sense of 'authority' the speaker had over the people. Up to this point (about 300 AD) most of the Church met in homes without so much centralized power and authority. Sadly, it's been the other way ever since. There were lots of other things that the pagan Emperor did that I cannot vouch for so I won't mention them here till I do more research. This is a book of fiction after all.

Until then here's a childhood memory:

The tall tree’s branch, thicker
Than my torso, hung horizontally
Moving in the breeze as if
Waving at me.

I admit to heeding the call as
The thick rope tied to the branch
Beckoned, knotted at the bottom like
A huge wart.

I could run from where I stood
And have a modest swing or
Grabbing the knot I could climb
The outcropped rock and launch
Myself into the universe.

Dangling thrill that it was tethered
Still to the branch hanging on
Precariously lest I experience the
Awkward spill of a short flight
To the ground.

RonRusso 2004