12/11: a handful of good things

...listening to T. Kingfisher's Nettle and Bone while walking, doing some painting, and playing with Simon the Cat.

...enjoying cherry blossom soy sauce (elegant!).

...realizing that vermouth would be the perfect drink to have with dinner, and finding some in the back of our liquor cabinet.

...being glad that I tried an assignment in which each student wrote a letter to the rest of the class and responded to the letters written by 3 other people.

...making chocolate flaxseed muffins this evening so that I can have them for breakfast in the coming week.