2/27: goods
It was a day of psychological worry & physical pain. But it was also a day with good things!
The women who work in the cafeteria are so friendly, and they were really kind to me when Chris and I went to eat lunch there. And then the woman in the campus coffee-shop gave us our coffee for free. Maybe I looked like I needed cheering up?
I saw my first dandelions of 2018 as I was walking across campus. I paused to take a picture to send to a friend back in Pennsylvania who knows how much I love them.
I got through more little tasks this evening than I thought I would.
I had a quick chat with a friend in Indiana whose basement flooded last week; I wanted to check and see how she's faring. Happily, the water has finally gone down in her house (though it's still at flood stage outside it). And she told me how she used one of my assignment formats in her upper-level Latin class and she and her students really enjoyed it.
The women who work in the cafeteria are so friendly, and they were really kind to me when Chris and I went to eat lunch there. And then the woman in the campus coffee-shop gave us our coffee for free. Maybe I looked like I needed cheering up?
I saw my first dandelions of 2018 as I was walking across campus. I paused to take a picture to send to a friend back in Pennsylvania who knows how much I love them.
I got through more little tasks this evening than I thought I would.
I had a quick chat with a friend in Indiana whose basement flooded last week; I wanted to check and see how she's faring. Happily, the water has finally gone down in her house (though it's still at flood stage outside it). And she told me how she used one of my assignment formats in her upper-level Latin class and she and her students really enjoyed it.
2/26: spring-ish
When I walked to the car this morning it felt like spring: birds singing, daffodils beginning to bud, and a warm green smell in the air.
2/25: sunday sunset
I spent sunset down at the dock while talking to a good friend over the phone. Even though she couldn't see what I was seeing, it was so nice to share that time of day with her.
2/24: this volume's word list
Each time we collect poems for a Heron Tree volume, I use one word from each poem on the cover. This volume's list is: angels bells breath coins crowds curve decade direction dunes eddies frames garden gates habit hands hooks instant keepsake keys line loops marble moss mouse nestlings owl place pollen pond radius redbuds rubble skin snap thaw touch voice way.
2/23: new-to-me
A play: Wet; or Isabella the Pirate Queen Enters the Horse Latitudes by Liz Duffy Adams.
2/22: morning and evening
Seeing hundreds of cormorants on the lake as I drove to work.
Learning that one of my very best friends has gotten a new job.
Learning that one of my very best friends has gotten a new job.
2/21: two unexpected breaks
...in a long day. One when a wonderful colleague came to my office and chatted for a bit. Another when I found myself with a half an hour between meetings and decided to sit and draw quietly instead of going back to my office to push papers and field emails.
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