10/15: baking

...a cake of my (kind of) creation.  I used a Depression-era recipe as my base, but then I:
- substituted very strong coffee for water
- added cinnamon, ginger, clove, nutmeg, and allspice
- added walnuts
- sprinkled the top with a mixture of semi-sweet chocolate, dark chocolate, and butterscotch chips.

10/14: thinking

...about the Nemean lionskin in ancient myth and in The Titan's Curse.

10/13: learning

...a new book-binding technique:  tab binding.

10/12: a patch

...of orange-yellow flowers that bloom every year at a certain place on my road to work.  The petals glow in the early morning sun.

10/11: finishing

...the big chunk of grading that needed to happen this weekend.

10/10: getting a start

...on some grading that really needs to happen this weekend.

10/9: doing

...some different things in Greek today.  We looked at the inscription on the boundary stone of the agora ("I am the boundary stone of the agora" it says), and I tried a new way of explaining how the forms of the demonstrative this/these is built (using color).

And another good thing (in fact, a great thing!) added later:  I received a message from a dear person whom I met through postal networks and this blog.  We haven't been in touch in years, so it was a surprise and a delight to hear from her.

10/8: quiet hours

...constructing a Latin test (with coffee).