10/4: addressing

...envelopes for a Cuckoo Grey mailing.  There are 2 pamphlets I made a bunch of copies of during the summer, but--given other Cuckoo Grey mailings and then the start of school--I haven't sent them out yet.  Over the next 2 weeks I plan to.

10/3: apples, apples

...everywhere.  

I eat an apple pretty much every day.  I've tried other fruits as regular fare, but they don't stick; for whatever reason, apples are a habit.  

Yesterday my poem-a-day book had a beautiful poem by John Drinkwater about apples.

I bought apple cider at the grocery store--such a taste of autumn.

Apples were a theme in Rachel Hochhauser's Lady Tremaine, which I finished listening to today and have enjoyed.

I talked to a friend this evening who is planning on making apple crisp for her brunch guests tomorrow.

10/2: keeping

...a cardigan in my school office.  I took it to school yesterday because we had a meeting in a room that I knew would be cold.  And I thought ahead enough to keep it at school, remembering that I had a long testing session today in a room that is outrageously cold.

10/1: bringing to class

...my 19th century copy of Phantasmion by Sara Coleridge.  I wanted to show the students what uncut/unopened pages looked like since we were talking about folding sheets into pages for bookbinding.

9/30: help from Chris

...while I was having a very not-good evening.

9/29: tuning

...the car radio to the classical music station.  I think that's better for my wellbeing during my drive to and from work.  Listening to the news was not helping my frame of mind--and I read enough news throughout the day already.

9/28: receiving

...a rare copy of Sounds of Summer Night written by May Garelick and illustrated by Beni Montresor.  It's an ex-library copy from the 1960s with (unfortunately) some permanent ink cross-outs, but I'm still so glad I have such a minimalist wonder.  Its images are both calming and exciting.

9/27: preparing food

...for the week.  I made a batch of blueberry baked oatmeal that will last all week, a coffee walnut cake for some upcoming desserts, and fried rice for Monday and Tuesday lunch.