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Before Christmas

by Alexandra Newton Rios


Author note: I am training for a 21k marathon in New York next April, so I try to keep up the pace and distance when I do my long run on Sundays because at the end of the training when I upload my time the Garmin Watch trainer says Good Job! Every Sunday I run my long run of between 12 to 20 kilometers (Avenida Mate de Luna in San Miguel de Tucumán, northwestern Argentina).

Cohetes means firecrackers in Spanish which are used at midnight to usher in Christmas Day.

I always bring one sheet of paper and a pen in my pouch to write my thoughts.

Pileta

fondo

Luz add

Paint gallery entrance

paint spots inside entrance

kitchen ceiling add cerámico

underneath cabinet redesign with new wood (MDF)

kitchen window fix handle and latch system

casita clean

         organize toys

        put photos in albums

        bathroom cement sink

                        cement toilet

writing house protect outside

fix leak gallery ceiling

outside wall-cut enredadera spilling over on neighbor's side

take Alexa's NY marathon sign to be framed

take photos of Aunt Billie and Pappi to be framed

create real guest room

replace 2 front desks with large oak glass table

sell bed, buy long screw first

sell computer

create a library

to do: write to Marla

                         Glint

                         Carlos Aguasaco

                         Milena

                         Nicky Enright

next yr.            April 15- May 15 East Hampton

                         October             East Hampton

2 wks. Walk El Camino de Santiago

to assure myself that I can receive manna grace amor from heaven and pass heaven to you

as if you were my friend to help each other

Georgia (O'Keeffe) did you speak to your viewers like I speak to my readers as I write on bark to you?

A process of getting to newness




Editor's note: We join the mind of a runner as she pursues her goal to compete in the NYC marathon, notates the bilingual todo list that occupies the forefront of her thoughts, and enjoys the Argentinian scenes along the way.