January 30 ::
Today felt like a
first day of school, again. The high school begins four classes at the start of year, and those are finished in a semester, then four new classes begin mid-year. Maria was very sad to be done with English, to say good-bye to a favorite teacher. Now she's completed a year of Japanese, English, and a course that introduced many subjects, including auto shop, programming, theater, and photography. Ahead, she has math, biology, metals, and second year Japanese.
Between Max's school and home is Torrey Pines State Park, and sometimes I make time to visit...
Sometimes a Wednesday in winter quarter calls for splitting a slice of chocolate cake.
January 31 ::
Yeah... I think we still had that
new start energy, which obviously calls for a special breakfast, like
a hencake.
Another beautiful visit to Torrey Pines State Park, and this time with the company of William and Janece.
I love that when something exceptionally beautiful happens in our town, I can count on seeing a dozen or more views posted on IG or FB, from our friends. The best of social media is feeling connected, sharing beauty and wonder. This double rainbow over our town was seen by so many of us, and I loved the way our community were all basking in the delight of it.
William designed, made and finished these custom bases to hold the puppets he's collecting. I love how much respect he has for the work and artistry of these figures, and how much care and craftsmanship he put into displaying them.
February 1 ::
Can you believe I left the feed store without this little darling? Congratulating myself for being reasonable and responsible is a small consolation for not having this sweet baby goat in our care.
February 2 ::
Another
Groundhog Day... as Walt Whitman said, "
We were together. I forget the rest."
February 3 ::
I am loath to admit this, but I feel as though I have stopped reading. I read... articles, online, news, essays, cereal boxes, blurbs. But I am ages and miles behind on novels, and books. Real books. It's embarrassing, disappointing. Ruth gave Geoff this book for his birthday. And I am reading it, and it's such bliss and delight. Jonathan Drori is a botanist-historian-narrator and the stories are about culture and ecology, including fascinating anecdotes, scientific facts. It's romantic, tragic, hopeful, illuminating. The only reason I am reading it slowly, is to savor it and make the pleasure last. My favorite nights are when Geoff is home, and I am still awake, so I can read aloud, one or two tree stories.
Maria, Cairo, Alex, Max, and Lucas~
The
big game was not football. Today's game... DnD.
(This post was back-blogged on May 1, 2019.)