9/18: seeing
...some of my new-student advisees as they signed up for individual meetings with me in the coming days.
9/16: finally doing
...a few home-finance tasks that had been lingering (cancelling subscriptions, moving money to different accounts, etc.).
9/15: lots of red
...among the fallen leaves today. And when the red leaves are flipped over, they are pink, which I especially love.
9/13: at school, at home
At school a student ended Latin class by saying that it was her birthday and asking if I'd sing Happy Birthday in Latin. I declined ; ) But I did write a happy birthday greeting in Latin on the board, and all of us said it aloud to her.
At home an unexpected letter from a childhood/neighborhood friend was waiting in my mailbox.
9/11: a good conversation
...in my Myth & Percy Jackson course today: the interplay of fate and agency; the different understanding of "hero;" un-othering; and the consequences (or fittingness) of Percy's being Poseidon's child.
9/9: having my day made
...before sunrise, by receiving a very nice note about my pamphlet mailings.
9/8: writing a thank-you
...to my 9th-grade art teacher. She included art history in her classes, and that has turned out to be so important in my life, so I wanted her to know. (Fingers crossed that the address I scrounged up is accurate and the note reaches her.)
9/7: finding
...more poems by Beddoes, and coming across these adverbs in one of them: ghostily, witchingly, moonily.
9/5: working
...at home this morning because I had to wait for the Terminix person to come. I stayed steadily at it and got more done more smoothly than I would have in the office.
9/4: taking the time
...to get a nice dinner ready, even though I was feeling rushed when I walked in the door after work.
9/2: a new story
...from The Sandwich Princess Substack, delivered to my inbox. A sweet evening surprise.
9/1: reaching
...one of my summer goals: finishing all the Heron Tree PDFs for volume 11. I just sent out the last one for the poet's review. There may be tinkerings as the poets get back to me, but it's nice to have them basically done before the school year gets very busy. And given that I didn't meet many of my summer goals, I'm grateful for this one.
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