While driving to work at a little before 6:00 this morning, I noticed that that the sky had mostly cleared. That didn’t last for long, though. A thick mat of clouds soon moved in, and by 8:00, the sky was a once again overcast. Except for a thin band near the eastern horizon, that is. It was just enough for the sun to peek through, as it rose. It was absolutely gorgeous, and it only lasted a few minutes.
I forgot I took these last Thursday morning.
I finally decided to clean the studio today. Yowza! It’s about 90% finished. I probably won’t get around to vacuuming until tomorrow, but at least the majority of the work is done. While I was sorting through drawers and boxes and piles of junk, I came across an old folder from a humanities class I took in high school. It’s hugely embarrassing, but I thought I\’d post a photo of it anyway, for I have no pride. Most of the writing is old school goth (back when it was called death rock) and punk lyrics and song titles. I think it was probably 1985 or 1986.
These large sheets of paper were posted in the lobby of the main library, so students could share what was on their minds. I am a little appalled at what a few of them wrote (burn the Dalai Lama?!), but the responses overall are pretty wonderful.
I never spend pennies. I have a bunch of bowls and piggy banks and even teapots, where I dump them when I clean out my coin purse. This was a habit I started in high school, only then I kept them in a half-gallon Bacardi bottle. When the bottle was about half-full, I knew I had enough pennies to cash in to pay for a concert ticket. In high school and college, I went to a lot of concerts with my pennies. Now, I just let them pile up.
I don’t know why they both have to cram themselves into the same bed–there are two of them–but apparently it’s comfortable.
I work mostly with old government documents that have never been cataloged. Many of them have handwritten labels that are peeling off, because the adhesive has dried out. Every day, I make a pile of them on my desk, and this is today’s pile.
It snowed today. A fair amount, too. I think it’s pretty much done now, though, which is good. I’ve got a dental appointment at 8am, so it would be nice if the roads would stay clear. It looks like it’s not supposed to be as cold in the morning as was earlier forecast, which is also good! It may not seem like much of a difference, but 11F is a whole lot warmer than 3F.
Now, I just have to decide whether I’m going to make up time working tomorrow or Saturday. Hmmm.
Staring Out My Window
It was 6F on campus when I took this photo, and the steam from the smokestacks was billowing wildly in the cold air. It was kind of beautiful.
red paper boat 