Linda Stoll: Porch #34 * Daydream Believer

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'In a month we'll be setting up the porch again,' I announced to my husband as I wandered out to my favorite room, glazed donut in hand. Images of wide open windows, gentle breezes, and the sound of bird song danced in my head. Tall glasses of iced tea, burgers off the grill, and lazy conversations around the table invited me forward to what's ahead.

Lord willing.

But today's reality is this: the comfy wicker furniture is covered with old blankets. The big ol' farmhouse table is shoved into a corner, covered with bits of ancient crockery and sea glass that I dug from the tidal muck a few months back. These frigid days find my favorite room reimagined as an impromptu woodshop, a recycling center, and the landing place for wet, sandy footwear.

Spring arrives very late in this neck of the woods. But that's ok. I'm a daydream believer.

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Each morning, I post a Bible verse on LinkedIn.

Psalm 121:2 seemed to speak to the most hearts this week.