2/28: unexpected

...quiet during my office hours today.  Though I generally like it when students come for help, having no visitors today meant that I could grade all the Greek tests before leaving work.  And that was a good thing, because my evening tasks took me longer than I anticipated.

2/27: spending some time

...digitally tinkering with photos I'd taken as far back as November.  I haven't been taking pictures as much recently, and I've been downloading and processing them much less regularly.  I don't even understand how I had time to do more with photography in the past; I feel too overloaded these days to add another thing.  But it felt good to work with some of the pictures and be surprised at what I had taken and forgotten.

2/26: taking pictures

...of green grass, fallen leaves, and various twigs caught under thin layers of ice.  A new subject for iPhone photos during my walk this afternoon.

2/25: ah!

This morning I saw two bluebirds sitting on the electricity lines outside our house.  It had been too long since I'd seen any in the neighborhood.  Definite rejoicing. 

2/24: punctuating

...a work-at-home day by talking with my mother on the phone for an hour this afternoon.

2/23: a good virtual session

...on Greek pronunciation with a student this afternoon.  Usually doing Greek via MS Teams is awkward, but today it worked so well.  I was able to share a document into which I kept typing new words with slight spelling changes so we could practice specific sounds.  The student seemed to make real progress in our 45 minutes together--and the virtual format was perhaps even better than an in-person session would have been.

2/22: similes

...that my students noticed in the Odyssey and brought up in our conversation today without my prompting.  There were some other good moments of discussion traction in class today as well, and I was grateful for them.

2/21: midwinter break

It was a day of no classes, so I slept 45 minutes later than usual on a weekday.  Chris and I spent the morning on errands, including a doctor's appointment in Little Rock.  In the afternoon I went for a walk.  This evening I caught up on grading (only a temporary victory, since more papers will come in tomorrow) and replied to a wonderful email from a former student.