Friends Friends Go Away, Come Again Another Day

A friend of mine told me a story about a woman in the California foothills who was a sculptor. When she was working she'd rope off her driveway with a sign, "Friends, friends, go away, come again another day". People who thought it didn't apply to them dropped in anyway, but the sensitive ones who she would have loved to have seen understood she was asking for privacy to do her work, and went away.

This week is school vacation and I am refusing to make plans. I want to enjoy my uninterrupted time. When I want to see people I will step outside where all the neighborhood kids will be playing and the local characters will be enjoying the sun.