Marina Tsvetaeva Tuesday @ TDD - C&C

[trissie]

Triple Dog Dare!

Pick 3 things
Do them
Post your TaDas!

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Don't think about it. Just do it!
~~ I Triple Dog Dare ya! ~~
Good Morning!
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[trissie]

Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva (8 October [O.S. 26 September] 1892 – 31 August 1941) was a Russian poet. Her work is some of the best known in twentieth-century Russian literature. She lived through and wrote about the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the subsequent Moscow famine.

Marina attempted to save her daughter Irina from starvation by placing her in a state orphanage in 1919, where Irina died of hunger. Tsvetaeva left Russia in 1922 and lived with her family in increasing poverty in Paris, Berlin and Prague before returning to Moscow in 1939. Her husband Sergei Efron and their daughter Ariadna (Alya) were arrested on espionage charges in 1941, when her husband was executed.

Tsvetaeva hanged herself in 1941. A lyrical poet of passion and daring linguistic experimentation, she chronicled her times and the depths of the human condition.


Homesickness
Homesickness! That long
Exposure to misery!
It’s all the same to me –
Where I’m utterly lonely

Or what stones I wander
Home by, with my sacks,
Home that’s no more mine
Than a hospital, a barracks.

It’s all the same to me, what
Faces I bristle among, a lion
Captive, what human crowd
– as it must do – thrusts me on,

Into myself, individual feeling,
From the pole, a Kamchatka bear;
Where I fail to fit (and won’t try!),
Where I’m debased: I don’t care.

I won’t let the milky call
Of my native language tempt me.
It’s all the same to me in what
Tongue they misunderstand me!

(By what readers swallowing
Newsprint tonnage, gossip’s grime…)
They belong to the twentieth century
While I’m – before my time,

Petrified, like a log left
From an avenue, let fall.
They’re all the same – it’s all
The same – perhaps most of all –

What was native to me – of all.
All the signs and tokens, there,
All the dates – a hand erased:
The soul once born – somewhere.

My land cares so little for me
That even the keenest sleuth
Could traverse my whole – spirit!
And find no birthmark, in truth!

Houses alien, churches empty,
All – one and the same – to me:
Yet if by the side of the road
A particular bush shows – rowanberry…

[trissie]

And off I go - I need to be at work super early today, and I won't get out till super late, yay! Not so much
Probably won't make it back today, have a lovely day ye all!

[trissie]

SHEM

"It's Tuesday and my get up and go got up and went somewhere else."

[Kittykatt]

Good morning Trissie and thank you for starting us off with another interesting poet. You're certainly up super early today!

On contrast, I'm still in bed ( it's just gone 6 am) and I'm listening to the sound of the rain. I'm very glad I got all that gardening.done yesterday!

Today DH is WFH. He has choral society this evening, so has announced he wants to eat midday, and that he will cook! Needless to say, I'm very happy with this arrangement. My plans are housework today (can I even do a little deep cleaning and decluttering? The hall would be a good place to start, as it's small a d there's not much in it), and I need to make the most of an evening to myself - maybe a little neglected paperwork,. and / or a little.work on the equally neglected photos? The day is full of possibilities!

[Kittykatt]

To do:

Appointments:
Tuesday:
DH WFH
At home for me
6pm choral society -DH
Wednesday:
DH to office
At home for me
Final touches to Waitrose order
Thursday:
DH WFH
10.30 am church -
Can I hoover car?
Any errands to run?
2pm podiatrist me
6-7 pm Waitrose delivery -
Friday
DH WFH
9.30.am hair appointment - me
Can I take duvet to launderette?
Garden centre?
Saturday:
DH ??
Text DF E re coffee tomorrow
Bake something?
Prep lunch for tomorrow
Sunday:
Church 9.30 am
Visit DF E for coffee ?
Laxapet Jude and Matilda
Set up new Waitrose delivery

Future dates to note:

15/9 Freddie Solensia 8.45 am
August / September (depending on weather!) work on verge of house by roofer L and team
23/9 Jude boosters (and bloods?) 8.45 am
8/10 weight check Jude 2pm
19/10 9.30.am flu jab me

Outstanding deliveries:

Extras:
Text DF C
Send out updated list of contacts for coffee rota
Can I do 15 minutes of decluttering each day?
Digital decluttering- Google Photos for 2024 and 2025
Pick up my footprints
Book eye test for me - on hold until roof is sorted out!
Sort prints and put in albums (this will probably be an activity to do on wet days!) WIP I am now finished with 2025 for the cats, and started on the garden
Think about setting up Guardianship for F,J and M - looked on Cats' Protection, I need their microchip numbers, approximate DOB, colour and markings and useful information about them. Bookmark link with local recommended solicitors (also ask DF CW?)

To do:
Early morning:
Cuddles and treats on the bed with Matilda,
Jude and Freddie
Cup of tea
QT
Make bed
Shower / wash hair/ moisturiser and sunblock/ clean and floss teeth
DH launched for his walk
Physio exercises and back exercises
Proprioceptors exercises X1 x2 x3
S/S bathroom
Get dressed
Breakfast and meds / supplements - me
DRINK WATER
Check bank account
Go for my walk

Garden:
15 minutes in tiny front garden
15 minutes in back garden

Cats:
Cats’ breakfast and meds / supplements
Fresh water for cats
Scoop cat trays
Walk Freddie
Lap time with Jude, Freddie and Matilda
Play with Jude, Freddie and Matilda
Head rubs with Jude,Freddie & Matilda
Cats' supper

House:
Rubbish down to wheelie bins
Kitchen clean up
Unload DW
Load DW
Run DW when full
Unload DW
PUPA downstairs
Quick dust sitting room
Quick hoover downstairs
PUPA upstairs
Quick dust bedrooms
Quick hoover upstairs
Lunch
Supper
Lay out clothes for tomorrow
Journal three things I am thankful for today
Hand cream

Extra house tasks:

Monday:
Clean bathroom
Clean spare room
Clean bedroom
Wash spare room throw and cat blankets

Tuesday:
Clean hall
Clean sitting room
Clean stairs
Empty hoover before starting work
Wheelie bins back when dustmen have been
Filing paperwork for 15 minutes

Wednesday:
Clean kitchen

Garden extras:
Water pots
Feed pots weekly
Water roses in front garden
Liquid feed roses in front garden
Prune roses: 3 done, 19 To do

Financial:
More work on budget WIP

[Gma]

Another poet with such an interesting, although devastating, life. Maybe you need passionate feelings in order to write good poetry.

I'm at a lovely inn for overnight tonight, and pretty tired after almost 600 miles in the car today (590). Only stops were potty and gas (One gas included a Dairy Queen malt; I needed a treat!)
I had water, grapes, sliced sausage and bread in the car for a sandwich.
Helia, I don't have ischial bursitis. I just thought about how uncomfortable you must be! DfBS's car is just not comfortable for long sits. I'm glad I have a solution that has helped.
I'm not responding to everyone. I need to go to sleep. I have 550 mil to do tomorrow.

[Kittykatt]

Sleep.well, Gma!.That's a lot of driving. As we're on a poetry theme this week your travels remind me of Robert Frost's poem which ends, "miles to go before I sleep"!

[Kittykatt]

The rain has set in for the day, which I'm some.respects.is helpful, as I can plan,.and don't waste time waiting to see if it will clear up (weather apps are often notoriously inaccurate!). So my aim today will be to declutter and deep clean the hall (simple, straightforward and reasonably quick!) which will also give me encouragement for the rest of the house.

[Kittykatt]

To do:

Appointments:
Tuesday:
DH WFH
At home for me
6pm choral society -DH
Wednesday:
DH to office
At home for me
Final touches to Waitrose order
Thursday:
DH WFH
10.30 am church -
Can I hoover car?
Any errands to run?
2pm podiatrist me
6-7 pm Waitrose delivery -
Friday
DH WFH
9.30.am hair appointment - me
Can I take duvet to launderette?
Cheque to Building Society
Garden centre? Pansies?
Saturday:
DH ??
Text DF E re coffee tomorrow
Bake something?
Prep lunch for tomorrow
Sunday:
Church 9.30 am
Visit DF E for coffee ?
Laxapet Jude and Matilda
Set up new Waitrose delivery

Future dates to note:

15/9 Freddie Solensia 8.45 am
August / September (depending on weather!) work on verge of house by roofer L and team
23/9 Jude boosters (and bloods?) 8.45 am
8/10 weight check Jude 2pm
19/10 9.30.am flu jab me

Outstanding deliveries:

Extras:
Text DF C
Send out updated list of contacts for coffee rota
Can I do 15 minutes of decluttering each day?
Digital decluttering- Google Photos for 2024 and 2025
Pick up my footprints
Book eye test for me - on hold until roof is sorted out!
Sort prints and put in albums (this will probably be an activity to do on wet days!) WIP I am now finished with 2025 for the cats, and started on the garden
Think about setting up Guardianship for F,J and M - looked on Cats' Protection, I need their microchip numbers, approximate DOB, colour and markings and useful information about them. Bookmark link with local recommended solicitors (also ask DF CW?)

To do:
Early morning:
Cuddles and treats on the bed with Matilda,
Jude and Freddie
Cup of tea
QT
Make bed
Shower / wash hair/ moisturiser and sunblock/ clean and floss teeth
DH launched for his walk - not today, it's raining!
Physio exercises and back exercises
Proprioceptors exercises X1 x2 x3
S/S bathroom
Get dressed
Breakfast and meds / supplements - me
DRINK WATER
Check bank account
Go for my walk - not today, it's raining!

Garden:
15 minutes in tiny front garden
15 minutes in back garden

Cats:
Cats’ breakfast and meds / supplements
Fresh water for cats
Scoop cat trays
Walk Freddie - just a short walk, he insisted!)
Lap time with Jude, Freddie and Matilda
Play with Jude, Freddie and Matilda
Head rubs with Jude, Freddie & Matilda
Cats' supper

House:
Rubbish down to wheelie bins
Kitchen clean up
Unload DW
Load DW
Run DW when full
Unload DW
PUPA downstairs
Quick dust sitting room
Quick hoover downstairs
PUPA upstairs
Quick dust bedrooms
Quick hoover upstairs
Lunch
Supper
Lay out clothes for tomorrow
Journal three things I am thankful for today
Hand cream

Extra house tasks:

Monday:
Clean bathroom
Clean spare room
Clean bedroom
Wash spare room throw and cat blankets

Tuesday:
Clean hall
Clean sitting room
Clean stairs WIP
Empty hoover before starting work
Wheelie bins back when dustmen have been
Filing paperwork for 15 minutes

Wednesday:
Clean kitchen

Garden extras:
Water pots
Feed pots weekly
Water roses in front garden
Liquid feed roses in front garden
Prune roses: 3 done, 19 to do

Financial:
More work on budget WIP
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