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Three and Five
I went to bed afflicted with gloom and backache, the backache is still there (lower right quadrant, a dull burn), and it's Monday. Forthwith, Five Good Things.
1) The radio hosts I posted about yesterday have apologized.
2) I had dinner last night with WD, which was lovely, and involved some good developments in his current project.
3) I wasn't feeling well so I had soup, and I was really pleased with it. Miso broth, tender pork dumplings, and lots of simply poached seafood and seaweed. It really felt restorative and easy to digest, in a treify kind of way.
4) I reread part of Brown Girl in the Ring to cheer myself a bit, and after way too many years. Oh, I love that book. I love the surprised delight it gives me to read fantasy rooted in parts of my heritage I forget to associate with fantasy. (Not that I learned anything about Voudon as a child -- my family's quite Christian -- but the West Indian rhythms and family patterns, those resonate with me.) And that climactic "Walk good" reminded me of my grandpa and countless avuncular figures in my life, and makes my eyes prickle happily. I need to reread it all and post about it.
5) This morning I showed my coworker I the ASL video for "Re: Your Brains" and watched him laugh and laugh. *grin*
Bonus: It's JUNE! I keep forgetting that, but here we are, in the middle of the year, in the northern summertime, in June!
1) The radio hosts I posted about yesterday have apologized.
2) I had dinner last night with WD, which was lovely, and involved some good developments in his current project.
3) I wasn't feeling well so I had soup, and I was really pleased with it. Miso broth, tender pork dumplings, and lots of simply poached seafood and seaweed. It really felt restorative and easy to digest, in a treify kind of way.
4) I reread part of Brown Girl in the Ring to cheer myself a bit, and after way too many years. Oh, I love that book. I love the surprised delight it gives me to read fantasy rooted in parts of my heritage I forget to associate with fantasy. (Not that I learned anything about Voudon as a child -- my family's quite Christian -- but the West Indian rhythms and family patterns, those resonate with me.) And that climactic "Walk good" reminded me of my grandpa and countless avuncular figures in my life, and makes my eyes prickle happily. I need to reread it all and post about it.
5) This morning I showed my coworker I the ASL video for "Re: Your Brains" and watched him laugh and laugh. *grin*
Bonus: It's JUNE! I keep forgetting that, but here we are, in the middle of the year, in the northern summertime, in June!