1/31: reading
...students' thoughts about images of Penelope which I asked them to respond to. Two of the images were ones I often use, but I added three other ones (which were a little more challenging), and I especially enjoyed reading their thoughts about those.
1/30: easier
...swallowing. Yesterday and earlier today it hurt to swallow, an effect of my cold and/or the medicine I'm taking. But this evening it doesn't hurt as much.
1/29: a lost voice
...literally. I caught a cold and so can't talk much. While that isn't a good thing in and of itself, it made cancelling my in-person class and office hours an easy call.
1/27: using
...a new handbag for the first time. It's been years--perhaps a decade?--since I bought myself a new bag, but the zipper on my old go-to gave out (months ago), so it was more than time. It felt spiffy to be carrying something new (and not broken) as I did my grocery shopping.
1/25: resting
...from the week. And no new work arrived in my email. (There's plenty of old work I need to address, but I'm glad for a day when something new isn't added to the pile.)
1/23: thinking about Hephaestus
...in preparation for the Myth class today. He's a figure I hadn't spent much time with, and it was good to move around in some new-to-me ideas.
1/21: coming home
...to pierogi casserole after a day at school that kept getting longer and colder. The sun had set by the time I made it to the parking lot to drive home, so it was chilly and late. All I needed to do was heat up the casserole for some quick comfort.
1/20: seeing
...a comment from a longtime blogging/mailing friend when I signed into the blog today!
1/16: inside
...our house: Emma the Oldest Cat grooming Simon the Newest (But Not Very New) Cat.
...a neighbor's house: beautiful art of all sorts.
1/15: getting
...the first appointment slot so I could see the doctor before the daily back-up of patients began.
1/14: colors
...for eyes and ears. I watched the sunset at the lake while listening to the Bloom app.
1/12: another trio
Morning: Reading Deer Run Home by Ann Clare LeZotte pretty much immediately after I learned about it (and its mention of the myth of Iphigeneia) and finishing it in one go.
Afternoon: Doing more shoveling while finishing listening to Clear by Carys Davies.
Evening: Welcoming Chris home (!) and reading Artforum after he went to bed.
1/11: trio
Morning: getting caught up in a new pamphlet idea.
Afternoon: shoveling the driveway to clear the low wall of snow made by the plow.
Evening: sweeping.
1/10: organizing
...my browsing and archive copies of Cuckoo Grey pamphlets. It was kind of amazing to see them all at once.
1/9: falling snow
...in the afternoon, so I got myself motivated and took a walk. At first it was just me outside. Then a neighbor came out with her two toddler children, and it was great to hear them laugh as they played. A little later her spouse was walking down the street and we remarked on how great it was to be in the weather--its prettiness and quiet. You could hear the flapping of birds' wings when they darted from bush to bush.
1/8: the heated birdbath
...was popular with the neighborhood birds this afternoon since water elsewhere outside is frozen. Bluebirds, chickadees, woodpeckers, finches, and more.
1/7: tinkering
...with pamphlet ideas, not with entirely successful results, but with gratitude for a day spent in trying. I watched some Jeff Baena films as I worked, and that seemed right.
1/5: mundane & musical
Mundane: cleaning the bathroom.
Musical: listening to The Dawn of Everything by Brian Eno and (in a $3.99 splurge) downloading the Bloom app.
1/3: picking up
...the copy of Dom Sylvester Houédard: FrOg pOnd plOp that I ordered and reading it as soon as I got home.
1/2: not attending
...the annual Classics convention this year. I gave presentations (online or in person) for the past 4 years, and I was ready for a holiday that didn't include finalizing a paper, fretting about professional interactions, and/or traveling for work. Vertigo has been a real problem for me recently (especially today), so I am extra grateful to not have to be on a plane.
1/1: spending the morning
...writing about some highlights of 2024. It was a tough year, and I didn't make it through it gracefully. Still, there were good things, and I'm glad I made myself revisit some of those.
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