4/8: micro and macro wonders

Chris came and got me this morning to show me hundreds of queen ants emerging from the ground, fluttering their wings, and taking flight.

And this afternoon we watched the total solar eclipse.

4/7: a big revision

...of a pamphlet I had worked on over spring break.  It's very different now, and nearly done.

4/6: 2 things, 2 bags

The young man who was the cashier and bagger at the store today was really nice:  he put the 2 things I purchased in 2 separate bags so that the can of apple pie filling wouldn't crush the loaf of bread.  (I'm sensitive to the issue of plastic bags, but these will get reused.)  And why apple pie filling and bread?  So that we could try making some mountain pies in the fire pit.

4/5: in

...my hand:  some twigs and leaves that a young neighbor gave me as I walked.

...the air:  two bats in the spring twilight as Chris and I sat by a fire.

4/4: being relieved

...that the cards I had printed with one of my mother's costume sketches came out okay.  They are for a celebration-of-life for a family friend who passed away recently and who had been in a lot of my parents' productions over the years.  I thought it would be nice for attendees to get a card that showed my mother's costume design for one of his favorite roles.  I was so worried that the reproduction wouldn't turn out well (and had been waiting nervously for the package to arrive), but the cards look really nice.  Whew.

4/3: reading

...some of Sophus Helle's translation of Enheduana then mentioning it to a student who I thought would be interested.  The student immediately said that they might get Helle's book for themself as an end-of-semester treat, which made me smile because (though they didn't know it) I had ordered a copy of the book for myself with the thought that it would be my own end-of-semester treat.

4/2: remembering

...that I had some meclizine in my bookbag just in case.  Today was an "in case" day.

4/1: coinciding

...with Chris in my walk to the parking lot at the end of the day.  Usually we leave school at different times, but not today. Before we crossed the street to our cars, we paused to admire the dogwoods flowering on campus.