10/8: eclipse
Our alarms rang at 5:00--that's Chris' regular wake-up time, but a bit earlier than usual for me since I wanted to see the eclipse. It took me some time to wake up; in the meanwhile Chris went outside and found the best viewing spot. If I had gotten up even earlier (around 4:30?) I could have seen the moon part bright, part dark--but we did get to witness the last bit of its slide into full eclipse.
10/7: 5 minutes to spare
A long list of tasks for the day, but I managed to move through them all and be done 5 minutes before my mental turn-off time, which gives me the chance to write this before calling it a night.
10/6: grateful
...for a very quick stop on my way to work to look at the misty lake:
...for the word enneapetalous, which I discovered today.
...for coffee and chocolate cookies in my office as I prepared to teach.
...for a sweet, crisp apple after I taught.
...for a session with a student in which we focused deliberately on Greek accents.
...for the extraordinarily nice people who work in the college cafeteria.
...for the (emotionally) difficult read of an article about the limitations of radical utopian thinkers when it came to women.
...for Marge Piercy's Woman on the Edge of Time, which responds to those limitations.
...for a walk to the dock with Chris; it was a brief pause amidst work, but we got to see this together:
...for the word enneapetalous, which I discovered today.
...for coffee and chocolate cookies in my office as I prepared to teach.
...for a sweet, crisp apple after I taught.
...for a session with a student in which we focused deliberately on Greek accents.
...for the extraordinarily nice people who work in the college cafeteria.
...for the (emotionally) difficult read of an article about the limitations of radical utopian thinkers when it came to women.
...for Marge Piercy's Woman on the Edge of Time, which responds to those limitations.
...for a walk to the dock with Chris; it was a brief pause amidst work, but we got to see this together:
10/5: smartweed sunday
Although I had plenty of work to do this afternoon, I needed to get out of the house for a bit to clear my head. Chris drove us out to Woolly Hollow State Park. The Pennsylvania smartweed was blooming, which makes me happy every time I see it.
10/4: morning, afternoon, evening
Texting my mother and siblings to wish them well on St. Francis' feast day.
Combining a business meeting with Chris and a nice lunch out at a new-to-us restaurant.
Combining a business meeting with Chris and a nice lunch out at a new-to-us restaurant.
Deciding against kayaking (regretfully but wisely) yet going to the dock for sunset and seeing this:
10/3: something tilde likes
I discovered this week that Tilde the Cat likes to have her belly rubbed! My Dear Cat Wilkie would swat or nip whenever I tried to touch or brush his stomach, so I kind of trained myself not to pet cats there in general. But it turns out that Tilde loves it.
10/1: a good evening
We had fallen out of the habit of making salad as part of our dinner--and when I say "we," I really mean "I" since I'm the salad-maker--but on tonight's plates salad returned. Hopefully, a habit resumed.
I walked down to the dock with Chris, only planning to stay for sunset but knowing that Chris would probably stay later since a number of folks congregate there on Wednesday evenings. One of said folks came by in his boat and picked us up, promising to return me when I needed to get home. So I had an unexpected half-hour on the water.
And then I talked with my sister, as part of our standing plan to call one another on the first Wednesday of the month.
Finally a little playful cat-time with Tilde and Emma.
I walked down to the dock with Chris, only planning to stay for sunset but knowing that Chris would probably stay later since a number of folks congregate there on Wednesday evenings. One of said folks came by in his boat and picked us up, promising to return me when I needed to get home. So I had an unexpected half-hour on the water.
And then I talked with my sister, as part of our standing plan to call one another on the first Wednesday of the month.
Finally a little playful cat-time with Tilde and Emma.
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