10/8: finishing

...Rick Riordan's latest Percy Jackson novel.  It was like spending time with old friends.  And there is something sweetly wise about the book.

10/7: two things

Chris and I saved a bird.  It was stunned and having a very hard time on the road (unable to right itself and wriggling on its back).  We brought it home in a box then put it in a safe place so that it could (hopefully) recover without the danger of being run over.  Later in the day it seemed to have flown off.

I booked a flight and hotel for a trip in December (my first since January 2020!), and then my mother called and we made more plans for the trip.

10/6: stopping

...at the lake this morning to take a few photos in the wonderful autumn light.  It's something I used to do all the time, but it may be a year since the last time I stopped at the pier on my way to work.

10/5: a short meeting

...meant that I had more time to catch up on work.

10/4: receiving

...a copy of Myth Match.  A few days ago I was thinking, "Surely someone must have done an exquisite-corpse-like picturebook with mythological creatures," and after some Google searching I found Myth Match.  Of course, I ordered it right away, and it arrived today.  It's pleasing to the hand and eye, and I especially like that the words do a mix-and-match thing as well as the images.  Nicely constructed.

10/3: getting word

...that the co-curricular found poetry work I do with students received permanent approval to count toward the engaged learning graduation requirement.  Now I won't have to do bureaucratic filings on the front end every time I want to offer an opportunity and have it count.

10/2: sleeping

...through the night, a rare occurrence these days.

10/1: having the weekend

...to restore my equilibrium after I got thrown for a loop at the end of the work-week on Friday.