4/30: a new recipe

Last night a TV show I was watching mentioned mujadara, so I looked it up and it sounded like something we'd like.  This evening when I came home from work I made it according to this recipe (click), and it was great.

4/29: better

A pinched nerve, general exhaustion, anxiety, and low spirits were very much shaping my mood on Saturday.  The nerve trouble is still around today, but the edge of the other things has been softened somewhat.  I graded and talked with my mother in the morning; went out to lunch with Chris then grocered; made some 1 x 1 collages on the porch while drinking tea; did some Heron Tree editor work with Chris; took a walk; photographed an errant iris (an escapee from a neighbor's yard); heard whippoorwills and coyotes.

4/28: ordered

...some new postcards of photos I've taken between the end of January and now.

4/27: library labyrinth

I was in the library for Quiet Writing today and noticed that there was blue tape on the carpet on the second floor marking the path of a meditation labyrinth through the stacks.  I walked it, and it was wonderful.  It was also nice to be able to tell one of the librarians on my way out how brilliant I thought it was; she told me that some of their student workers thought of the idea and worked it out.  What a fantastic way to end a difficult week.

4/26: thinking

...about Ovid's story of Ceyx and Alcyone in relation to Homer's Odyssey.  I don't usually include Ceyx and Alcyone in my Myth class, but I added it this semester and am glad I did.

4/25: returns

Finding the new and not-so-inexpensive flash drive I thought I had lost.  And even when I thought I had lost it I didn't get as frustrated with myself as I might have.

Pulling out my little pop-up studio and photographing some figurines, something I haven't done in awhile.

4/24: walking out

...of my office mid-morning and into bird-song.

4/23: gathering

...all the possible questions for the Myth test that I had jotted down or recorded as voice memos for myself over the past ten days and realizing that, though they came to me in fits and starts, they made a complete test once corralled.  Having the test set relatively easily also made coming up with alternative questions for a make-up test smoother and less stressful.