In the cold season, we follow the sun. Inside, outside -- where it goes, we go. We had set up a breakfast room in the east room, because that was the brightest in the morning. But today, we notice the angle is not right anymore. So we flip furniture. My desk in now by the less sunny spot, the breakfast nook is in a new place, by the sunniest (at this point) window.
Will we move it again? Whatever it takes. Nothing beats a breakfast bathed in light.
The land outside was curiously darkened and lightened by swaths of light and shade. Different yesterday, different from tomorrow. Shade, sun -- they're not stable, not by a long shot.
There are spots that see full sun in one season and no sun in another.
It's all very intriguing and it keeps me amused even if there isn't another source of amusement today. It's a full blown workday and there isn't much else to it. Well, there's Isis.
And Ed -- who continues to love to interrupt me, tempt me, entice me with ideas that I then have to turn down.
In the evening, we do have a spell of pleasure. My daughter and her husband are again at the farmhouse for dinner.
There's a full moon out tonight. You know that. The whole eastern seaboard knows that. But here, the moonbeams are radiant and uplifting and it's hard to imagine that elsewhere, they may be (indirectly) lifting bodies of sea water to higher levels.
This full moon is called the Hunter's Moon and if you stand outside long enough at the farmette, you'll hear the shotgun go off in the distance.
October is always one of my toughest months at work. This year is no different. On the upside, by midweek, it will be November.
She's a knitter! That makes me think you might know how too...
ReplyDeleteI tried to get some good full moon pictures, but alas, with a phone camera, it's hopeless.
Do things magically become a bit easier with the flip of the calendar or do they gradually ease up?
In the midst of a hurricane here...going to set all kinds of records. I'd rather not and just have boring weather.
ReplyDeleteLove the moon shot.
regan -- I knit scarves. Period. I wish I could knit caps, but I don't think I have the patience for it. She picked this up on her own, just last year. Which surprised me because she really isn't a crafts girl.
ReplyDeleteThings magically become easier once I hand back midterms and the 100 pages of comments I have for the 54 students. That would be indeed November 1!
Bex -- Hang in there! At least you're with a man who understands rough seas and how to get through the worst that they deliver.
Good thing you visited Maine last week. Gottes Willen !!
ReplyDeleteMidterms... in law school.... perhaps you could halt the practice and no one would notice. One final at the end... that's enough right?
ReplyDeleteregan- Remember the small sections in the first year? Those of us who teach them are obligated to give midterms and other writing opportunities. In fact, the students crave some feedback right now. They don't know what they're doing and they need some guidance. And out of the eight small sections this year, I teach two of them. (And then another class.) So October is always brutal for me. After I give back comments, the long office hours begin, but at least I reclaim my weekends!
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting-- I don't remember having a mid-term in my small group, or many writing opportunities, but I have to say, I was disappointed with that small section, as were most other students in it. Unfortunately.
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