5/31: playing
...a new-to-me card game with Chris: Five Crowns. I have a few favorite card games: Skip-Bo, Quiddler, and a form of contract rummy that we called "Schnitzel" growing up (but that isn't what other people call Schnitzel). I was looking for a new game and searched for reviews online. Five Crowns came up as a possible good match. It has some aspects of Quiddler (though not with words) and some aspects of contract rummy, so it fits in the family, but it's also it's own thing, and I'll look forward to playing it some more.
5/30: a Daphne
...who is transformed not by her river-god father but by Gaia, the earth. Gaia as fairy-godmother? Also worthy of different punctuation: Gaia as fairy-godmother! (This version is in Tales of Brave and Brilliant Girls from the Greek Myths by Zanna Davidson and Rosie Dickins.)
5/28: opting out
...of a summer work commitment that wasn't going to be good for me. It was good that I thought it was something that I wanted to do when I signed up for it, and it was also good that I realized today that it would be better to bow out.
5/27: helping
...Chris replace some parts in my toilet tank. He knew what he was doing, so he did more than I did, but I learned. I also contributed to the cause by finding a big syringe we had that made it easier to remove the water at the bottom of the tank.
5/26: collaging
...at the end of the day as a way to (try to) let go of some bureaucratic frustration.
5/25: having thoughts
...about Sappho, about Clytie, about Pegasus and Bellerophon. Of course I have thoughts throughout the school year, as I'm preparing for and teaching my classes. But it's different to have ideas more on my own schedule and less directly connected to courses.
5/24: hearing
...a whippoorwill. Chris was sitting on the porch and came to get me when he heard it. It was loud and close and made me happy.
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