My neighbor’s kids are home, and I can hear them running up and down the sidewalk, crunching leaves. I did the same thing (well, minus the running up and down) when I left work today. I decided to walk across the grass strip instead of on the sidewalk, so that I could crunch leaves. They smelled wonderful, and the sound was quite satisfying.
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A Matter of Perspective
As I was leaving to walk the dog, a couple of girls in the next building were returning home. One of them commented that Harriet and I were out awfully late. It was 4:30am, which seemed like early morning to me.
In other news, I’m done cat sitting, so I might finally have some time to myself. For, I dunno, arting, maybe? I just have to decide what I want to work on next. That’s always the hard part.
Babycake!
I’m probably the last person on earth who hasn’t seen this, but just in case, I thought I’d post it. Wow!
Title of the Day
All the facts about South Africa, 1976. It is 62 pages long and measures 21 cm. tall. I’m guessing that the title is a just a wee bit overly optimistic.
On Cleaning
When I clean, I find that I busy myself with one area, working until I come across something that belongs in another room. I then put that item away, and busy myself in that room, until I come across something that belongs in yet another room, at which point, the whole process begins again. In the middle of cleaning, I usually have a bunch of half-cleaned rooms, which can be daunting, but then, they all seem to magically achieve (what passes for) cleanness at the same time, which is nice.
I love this Flickr group.
Bread is kneading in the bread machine and laundry is sorted.
A Fond Farewell
If I have something that is too difficult for adults to swallow, then I will write it in a book for children.
Madeleine L’Engle, Circle of Quiet
Madeleine L’Engle died yesterday. I love children’s books and have always been a huge fan of her writing, in part because she doesn’t condescend to kids. She will be greatly missed.
Eclipse Watch 2007
There is going to be a total lunar eclipse Tuesday morning. The entire eclipse will be viewable–weather permitting, naturally–across most of the US, Canada, and Latin America, and in Asia and Australia. If you are local, it should occur ass early on Tuesday morning, right before sunrise. Sunrise will cut off the end of the eclipse for us. (Damn, but I have trouble figuring out these stupid charts!)
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Much Reading (No Spoilers)
I didn’t end up starting the new Harry Potter book until nearly 11pm last night. I stayed up until about 3am, reading. There’s just not a good place to pause and put it down, but I finally had to go to sleep. I was able to finish it this evening. Hoo-boy. It was much better than I’d anticipated. Much. I think Joseph Campbell would have approved. It was also much more intense than the other books, though I was expecting that.
The plot point that I was most worried might be mangled was the Snape story. I don’t know why that one was important to me, but it was a relief to get to the end and to know that I was right, dammit. I was also concerned about what might happen with Dumbledore. I think I would have felt cheated if the Dumbledore story had gone wrong, but it didn’t.
The writing itself seemed a little better, too. It may be that I was too engrossed in the story to be critical, so we’ll see, on re-reading, if the same sorts of things distract me in this book as in some of the other books.
RIP Weekly World News
The World’s Only Reliable News Source is ceasing print publication next month. I’m sad. Where will we go for news about aliens kibitzing with the president? How will we get updates on Bat Boy? However shall we occupy ourselves while standing in line at the grocery store?!
Waning
The days are getting shorter. It seems silly to say that in July, but it’s true. For a brief few weeks, the sun was rising as I left for work, but now, as I open the patio blinds on my way out the door, the sky is barely beginning to blush.
red paper boat 