10/22: antidote for grumpiness
I usually buy "real" animal figurines, but this week I was feeling so unsettled, angry, demoralized, etc. that the "Grumpy Dragon" (that's the name it's sold under) seemed right. I thought it might somehow help me deal with my feelings--by acknowledging yet externalizing them in and through an unreal creature? I don't know. There was one in stock across town, so a few nights ago Chris drove us there after dinner so I could buy it. (I think he thought I might not buy it after all if left to my own devices; he was probably right.) It turned out the first one I bought was broken, so we had to go back and exchange it. Now the grumpy dragon has taken up residence on my desk, and today I took him outside for a few pictures. So far he seems to help my spirits!
10/21: quintet
Time on the lake this morning. Wonderful light.
Good news about the village monument in my childhood hometown. It had gotten knocked down by a driver a couple of years ago, and today it was finally restored.
A new job for a friend. She started today.
A mouse and a bat featured in Night on Earth, which Chris and I watched during dinner. The bat drank from a night-blooming cactus flower. The mouse made a victorious cry after fighting a scorpion.
Two owls hooting. Chris called me onto the porch so I could hear them.
10/20: adding
...radishes and carrots to the salad I made for dinner. Chris called it rabbit salad. I called it leporine. The crunch was good.
10/19: working through
...an array of tasks today, even with some trouble focusing at certain points. Recently I've been not-very-successful at using my daily to-do list as a schedule or agenda, so today was a kind of victory. The last thing on my list is "read," which I'm happily heading off to do now.
10/18: watching
...a documentary about Merce Cunningham with Chris. I especially enjoyed the clips of Summerspace, with choreography by Cunningham and design by Robert Rauschenberg. I also was grateful for the chance to share thoughts and impressions about Cunningham's work in general with Chris, as we were watching and after.
10/17: heading out
...to Woolly Hollow in the afternoon. I needed to widen my orbit a little, and it felt good to revisit the creek.
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