11/2: a good round of grading

Awhile back I posted about a midterm I had written for my Mythology class; well, the time has come for me to grade the completed tests. This afternoon I read the set of essays about how hospitality scenes in the Odyssey compare and contrast to the hospitality shown in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter--and it was a very strong group of answers. I had built in a treat for myself as a reward for grading: some late afternoon kayaking on the lake (which is beautifully wreathed with autumn trees these days). But that ended up being a second reward because, honestly, reading the essays themselves was pretty sweet.