9/26: morning and evening

Morning:  It was finally temperate enough to walk outside!  I saw the blinking of geese's wings as they flapped overhead.  I watched butterflies.  I visited the lake and photographed reflections.

Evening:  I finished writing the sabbatical proposal that I began in the afternoon.  Hurray for getting it done in a day!

9/25: 50 cents off

...per gallon when I bought gas today.  I almost didn't take the time to fill up after grocering this afternoon, but I'm glad I did:  when I paid at the pump, I saw that the perk on my shopper's card would otherwise have expired before I would have used it.

9/24: another view

...of the fox from the night camera that Chris set up outside.

9/23: students asking

...about the index card art swap I used to run regularly on campus.  It was 15 years ago that a student and I did that!  But the current students had come across it in an old issue of the campus newspaper and wanted to know more.

9/22: a cooler day

...at last.  It's funny to think of a day with highs in the 80s as "cooler," but there it is, and I'll take it.

9/21: celebrating

 ...my blogiversary with a chocolate mousse pie.  This blog is an adult--18 years old!

9/20: rebounding

...somewhat from my under-the-weather day yesterday.  In addition to some taking-it-easy reading, I walked on the treadmill for a mile and did some baking before I had to turn to schoolwork in the evening.  I was glad that I proofread and submitted curricular forms yesterday evening so that tonight was less crowded.

9/19: coming across

...the work of Beni Montresor online.  I was able to read one of his picturebooks (The Witches of Venice) through archive.org, and I ordered a (rare) copy of a book he illustrated back in the 60s (Sounds of a Summer Night by May Garelick).  I've been under the weather today, so I appreciated the delight of his imagination and aesthetic.