11/30: amazed
...by the shifting shadows cast on my home-office floor by a tree moving in high wind outside my window.
11/28: back out
...on the lake. I'm still taking it easy with kayaking because my wrist continues to be iffy, but I braced it today before I went. While I was out, I saw geese, cormorants, ducks, and a heron. And I enjoyed the afternoon's cloudy sky reflected on the water.
11/27: more walking
Today Chris drove us up to the Buffalo River near Yellville, and we followed a long-for-us trail (4 1/2 miles) that took us to a very large cave previously used by Native Americans for shelter.
After we finished that trail, we took a shorter one to an overlook with a view of the river. It had been busy in the early afternoon, but no one was on it by the time we were there. We stopped at the overlook to watch 50+ vultures gathering, swooping, swirling, and gliding as the sun set.
11/26: walking
....along a trail by the Little Red River in Shirley, Arkansas. It was a new-to-us path, and we were glad we chose it for today's holiday walk. A dog from a house near the trail kept us company pretty much the whole time.
I took this picture at the farthest point of the walk, at a small old cemetery. I was looking out at the bare trees with the light on the river below them, and this is how my camera caught the moment.
11/25: today it was Simon the Cat
...who was an amazing cuddler while I read. His company made me smile a lot, and it's a far cry from the days when he was a stray who wanted contact but was afraid to make it.
11/24: a trio
Avoiding the blues (which seemed like they were coming on strong this morning) by walking the Gold Creek trail twice with Chris. (It's basically a loop, but when we had covered the loop once we turned around and walked back in the other direction.)
Taking notes on some thought-provoking things in secondary scholarship related to the talk I need to start writing.
Enjoying a few slices of the Pennsylvania nut-roll that arrived in the mail today.
11/23: afternoon and evening
My morning trip to the grocery story had a good number of glitches, but then I was able to read and write myself back to some sort of smoothness in the afternoon. And this evening I made chocolate chip cookies with cinnamon and Old Bay seasoning, something I've been meaning to try for awhile; I may have overbaked them a bit, but the taste is good.
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