PUTTERING

     Nothing to do with golf and putts, this is an activity which actually demands creativity and imagination. It is also a great user of time, leading one to feel busy and contributing towards a better life. 
     What is it? It is the art of being busy all day long with this or that, nothing too strenuous, nothing too challenging, just enjoyable and busy enough to keep you occupied all the day long. It can be especially useful on a day when one does not feel up to serious activities, like, oh, say, reading or listening to the  news. Or avoiding the nauseating feeling one gets when reading of the President's illegal activities, his utter contempt for America and its citizens. One can actually spend hours online listening to music, watching funny videos, or podcasts and just putter the day away, but full disclosure: the Net is so cluttered with cheap and lieing ads today that it often obviates the joys and purposes of puttering.
     A better idea is to take a walk around the house. Pick up a blanket and fold it up, neater than it was. Straighten out the chair or couch. Put the books in order and even better, find some books to donate and clear some of that up. Find an activity that demands lots of walking back and forth and your Fitbit steps will mount up beautifully. Fuss with a cabinet or two; nothing serious, just putter around.
     Make sure you do not get tempted to clean that kitchen or bathroom, for that is not puttering, but rather hard and serious work, and Putter Around Day is meant to avoid that. One can even fit in a session of reading time on a favorite and comfy chair, and with luck, will actually doze, a perfect little nap in the middle of the day.
     By dinner time you will feel relaxed, pleasantly tired from all your putter activity and be so pleased that you seemingly have accomplished much and can write a whole list of things done and accomplished, all within the puttering rules of puttering days.
      Sadly, though, it does come to a end and the world crashes into your peace. It seems we have a new Floridian in Palm Beach. Yich!! Hmmm. When his lawyers realize that he does not have complete immunity for anything he has done or will do in his life, I wonder if the Republicans will then back up the felon voting rights law and allow him to vote - with or without paying his fines? Interesting thought. Can even use it to muse on for about five minutes or so on a puttering around day, but be careful. Do not let it spoil the day.
     Unfortunately all good things must come to an end - and hopefully, bad things too! Puttering Day will reach a nice and comfy end, and the world will intrude, but we can then attack the woes of the country and the world with renewed vigor, purpose and hope.
     My advise? Putter today. Tune the TV to music. Find some oldies on YouTube or some great new music. Find that book you have been meaning to read. Stretch out on the lounger. Unfold that blanket you just folded and take a nap. Okay, find that chocolate you have been hiding from yourself. Puttering Day is a refresher day, returning life and vigor to you, and tomorrow? Onward we go. We emulate Don Quixote and tilt  at the windmills. Oh, but first check with the idiot to see if windmills kill all those birds that he mourns so well, and all the better to avoid mourning all the destruction he has caused, the deaths he has caused with his policies 
     Uh oh. Off track. Back to puttering. But I puttered yesterday. Well, maybe two days are better than one. And maybe we can fit in The Terminator into those puttering hours.
     Be Happy! Just putter!