Worm Depository 03/14/08
The snow melted enough today so the worm depository pile was visible. However, when I took a pitchfork into the pile to check on the worms, the top layer was still frozen. So that check on the worms below will need to wait till another day. Another checking today was also frozen. After six years, thousands of dollars of repairs and lots of checking with officials, Dawn of Foundations Dwellings and of the DMZ Gardens learned today that she was not qualified for the home rehab loan she applied for in 2002. Actually they said she was disqualified in 2003 but, I guess, they never got around to telling her. I asked them to put this decision in writing this time, for until today Dawn and many others were led to believe she was qualified except for signing some papers she never was asked to sign. There is something fishy about the decision since Dawn’s file was lost or destroyed since last May when the Mayor of Milwaukee asked the department to look into the matter. We will need to check on this. One thing I did not check on today was the condition of the plants in the sunroom. With the sun out again today I am sure they were nice and cozy and are hopefully growing tonight. Of all the checking I do or do not do, checking on the garden is probably the most important.
Some of us check on things when what we really want to do is exercise a little control. I can remember saying “Just checking” when I was trying to have more input over something. We need to check sometimes, like on our plants in the garden or house, but too much checking on adults can be troublesome. Children do not mind being checked on. In fact they often take it as a sign of affection. Teens liked less checking on, and adults, well, adults just do not seem to like it.
Today while on a St. Vincent De Paul call to a family in need I did some checking out with a 1 year old child. I gave him the universal sign of putting my hand to my head that I found works with 2–4 year old children almost everywhere. When he did not return the sign as usually is done, I knew he was too young to comprehend it. As evidence this is a universal sign I checked it out with some children on the steps of church in Guatemala. When I flashed them the sign, they returned it. Now if you really believe that this is a universal sign that children understand, that is okay. It simply means you are a trusting child at heart. That is okay. Just checking.
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