House

Darn! Just when Fiorella plans on getting all bold and beautiful, the roof starts leaking again. Yes, the flattish roof on the four-year-old house, which was the kind Fio wanted because she is insane.

And Fio is also dealing with the mess she has piled on top of her downstairs desk, which consists of several very important items she really needs to get to one of these days. And then there's the mess piled up on the coffee table in front of her, which she must get to today--or some day soon. And the mess in her study upstairs, which she hopes to get to sometime in this century. On the other hand, she has written two deep, deep poems and another short story so far this month, so all is not lost. Fio does tend to forge ahead to the future rather than tidy up the past.