So...I spent most of the day taking a nap, off-and-on. BUT, in the in-between times, I managed to get two more rows ofd cover on what will be (by next weekend) the chicken run. The twelve chicks are doing very nicely, but it is time for them to have some sunshine. I figure I am about a third of the way complete with the covering, and the next parts will take even more of my tie-wrap pvc pipe engineering degree to come to fruition. But there is a plan, so that is all that is necessary. There were also several distractions during the day, so there were a few this-and-thats accomplished, and those are always good things to get done. The dog yard also got cut, so now they are not lost in the tall grasses. We are supposed to have storms again this week, beginning on Wednesday, with a few more inches of rain possible. I expect we will get some hay this year, and that will be really good. And the poppy's are blooming nicely, too.Shrive -- Verb. 1. to administer the sacrament of reconciliation to. 2. to free from guilt. "Perhaps Father Dodana would give him Holy Communion. She would be easier in mind if he were shriven of his sins." Mario Puzo, The Sicilian, 1984
Did You Know? The Latin verb scribere (meaning "to write") found its way onto the tongues of certain Germanic peoples who brought it to Britain in the early Middle Ages. Because it was often used for laying down directions or rules, 8th-century Old English speakers used their form of the term, scrifan, to mean "to prescribe or impose." The Church adopted scrifan to refer to assigning penance and administering absolution to sinners. Today, shrift, the noun form of shrive, makes up half of a short shrift, a phrase meaning "little or no consideration." Originally, short shrift was the barely adequate time for confession before an execution.
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