3/31: dropping
...a big mailing of pamphlets (40-ish envelopes) into the post office blue box this morning.
3/30: a sweet hour
...or so this morning. I was drinking coffee and reading. One cat was in my lap, one was in a cat-bed on a side-table next to my chair, one was on my footrest, and one was on the chair opposite mine. We were quiet, content, and cozy. As I read and they dozed, I finished The Ellsworth Assortment series by Christina Dudley. It ended with a celebration of family, and that felt fitting because the cats and I were having our own sort of celebration too.
3/28: closely reading
...translations a friend had sent me, one a passage from Tacitus, another a passage from Thucydides.
3/27: cleaning
...the outside of the big windows in our main room. It's something that Chris usually does, but I figured I could do it too. So I did.
3/26: medicinal gin
I'm trying not to drink much alcohol these days, substituting Shirley Temples and other mocktail (not a word I like) concoctions, but today my arthritis was especially bad, and Chris suggested that I try just a tablespoon of gin, since it often helps. And it did, even just a tablespoon.
3/25: looking through
...lingering copies of past pamphlets and deciding which ones to send to someone as examples of my work. It's another thing that should have been done months ago, but at least it's done now. I'm too tired to get them ready to mail tonight, but they'll be ready for me (and I'll be ready for them) tomorrow.
3/24: packaging
...the complimentary copies that I received of intervals of so that I can get them in the mail to friends. I'm in a should-have-done-this-months-ago situation, but better late than never.
3/22: heading down
...to the lake at sunset. It's something we used to do several times a week--I don't know how we used to have the time. But it's spring break, and the evening was mild, so I took advantage of the combination and was glad I did.
3/21: spring-y things
Dandelions on campus! There usually aren't many, but this year there are clusters of them, and seeing them makes me happy.
Violet syrup! I treated myself to some violet syrup since I'm not drinking alcohol these days and I miss the taste of violet liqueur. When I got home after work, I made mixed some violet syrup into elderflower tonic and added a squeeze of fresh lemon.
Spring break! Not a moment too soon.
3/20: a calm day
...after a tricky Tuesday and Wednesday. Maybe the fact that it's also the first day of spring is a good omen for the season.
3/17: starting and ending
...my day with some music. Some recently released pieces by Brian Eno in the morning, and "Prosperina" by Kate McGarrigle in the evening.
3/16: weekend baking
Yesterday Chris and I made "cannoli cookies," and today I made Irish soda bread.
3/15: looking for wild plum trees
...while driving into town with Chris. The ones in our woods are blossoming more fully than usual this year, and that seems to be the case with others we spotted on our route.
3/14: having a good
...wrap-up/reflective conversation with a student about a project they recently finished. That's a nice way to end the at-school work-week.
3/13: a third run
...of the scribble etymology and artist-book workshop, since some students who wanted to come couldn't make it to the first two sessions. It was a sweet group. They were glad they came, and I really needed to end the on-campus part of the day on such a happy note.
3/12: a silver lining
...to another day-ending snafu. Once again I forgot something at school: this time, a book I needed in order to get some work done this evening. I didn't want to drive back into town, so I moved some tomorrow-morning work to this evening. As I read tomorrow afternoon's assignment, I looked at the Greek for bits of it and very much enjoyed that. If I had waited until tomorrow to do it, I probably wouldn't have given myself permission to poke around in the Greek as much.
3/11: picking up a pizza
...for dinner. I had to drive back to campus because I had left my phone in my office (ugh!), but we worked it out so that Chris ordered a pizza while I was doing that, and then I picked the pizza up on my (second) trip home after retrieving my phone.
3/10: blooms
Chris brought the potted Japanese quince into the laundry room (it had been outside) so that we could enjoy its flowering. And the Japanese quince at school is starting to blossom.
The winter honeysuckle that Chris planted for us is having a second round of wonderfulness, its smell in the air as I walk to my car in the morning.
The white magnolia trees on campus are in full glory, which I got to witness as I walked past them on an errand in the late afternoon.
3/8: remembering
...that it was International Women's Day, and making a yellow scribble book for a friend to mark the occasion.
3/7: the difference of a week
Last Friday night we were worried about Tilde, whom we took to the urgent care vet the next morning. Tonight she's bright-eyed and prancy.
3/5: a close companion
Phineas the Cat, that is. He curls up with me each morning as I play some word games online to get my mind going and each evening as I do some prep work for the next day's teaching. He loves being hugged and handled, and I'm grateful that he shows such physical trust (and is so tolerant).
3/4: catching up
...on texts that I owed to my friends. I have gotten so overwhelmed with work that tapping out messages felt beyond me. This evening I used my sweet bluetooth keyboard to type notes.
3/2: Tuesday on Sunday
Tuesday will be a busy day, so I decided to make Shrove Tuesday pancakes today instead. I found a good lemon sauce recipe online (here), and I added za'atar to the crepes.
3/1: phew
Tilde the Cat had to go to urgent care today. Chris remembered that a vet in town has Saturday hours for folks who are in emergency situations, so we didn't have to go down to Little Rock. We got her there first thing in the morning, and she was able to come home around dinner time.
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