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Spring semester begins
Jan. 13th, 2022 09:25 am1. One of my recent joys is Josh discovering Anne of Green Gables. He read that book to Fiona when it was his turn to read to her at night over the course of the last several months, and his delight in Anne was just wonderful. They started Anne of Avonlea in the last week, and he keeps coming and telling me things Anne has done or said. It's the best.
2. Fiona said, "Some of the kids in my class have to wear masks now. Isn't that great?" And I said through gritted teeth, "Oh yes!" When I was thinking, "No, no it is not! That just means they either have COVID or their parents do and the CDC now says they can come back to school after 5 days instead of 10. Also I can't believe your school is actually making them wear a mask so hurray for that I guess?"
3. None of my classes got cancelled. Hurray! I am excited about this semester. It has the potential to be a very good one. *crosses fingers that it lives up to my expectations*
4. The guest room is pretty much done; we're lacking one trim piece that goes over the threshold of the door, and I want to get new curtains for the room, but other than that, it's finished. Hurray! It looks quite fine. And my house is nice and neat now. I am relieved.
Turns out that in addition to the issue that caused the flood, the toilet tank in that bathroom has a hairline crack in it that is causing a very, very slow drip, so the goal is to replace the tank this weekend. I didn't even know it was a separate piece; I thought the toilet was all one piece. TIL
5.
News from Nowhere by William Morris
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is really interesting. I don't think that society as Morris lays it out here would work, and he's elided a lot of the more thorny bits in favor of describing all the beautiful architecture and clothes, but what strikes me most about this book is the optimism rising from despair. Morris is writing at a time in which conditions for the working poor are horrific and the twin devastations of industrialism and capitalism seem insurmountable. And yet, he's optimistic that something better is waiting in the future. I think there's a lesson in that for us now.
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2. Fiona said, "Some of the kids in my class have to wear masks now. Isn't that great?" And I said through gritted teeth, "Oh yes!" When I was thinking, "No, no it is not! That just means they either have COVID or their parents do and the CDC now says they can come back to school after 5 days instead of 10. Also I can't believe your school is actually making them wear a mask so hurray for that I guess?"
3. None of my classes got cancelled. Hurray! I am excited about this semester. It has the potential to be a very good one. *crosses fingers that it lives up to my expectations*
4. The guest room is pretty much done; we're lacking one trim piece that goes over the threshold of the door, and I want to get new curtains for the room, but other than that, it's finished. Hurray! It looks quite fine. And my house is nice and neat now. I am relieved.
Turns out that in addition to the issue that caused the flood, the toilet tank in that bathroom has a hairline crack in it that is causing a very, very slow drip, so the goal is to replace the tank this weekend. I didn't even know it was a separate piece; I thought the toilet was all one piece. TIL
5.
News from Nowhere by William MorrisMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is really interesting. I don't think that society as Morris lays it out here would work, and he's elided a lot of the more thorny bits in favor of describing all the beautiful architecture and clothes, but what strikes me most about this book is the optimism rising from despair. Morris is writing at a time in which conditions for the working poor are horrific and the twin devastations of industrialism and capitalism seem insurmountable. And yet, he's optimistic that something better is waiting in the future. I think there's a lesson in that for us now.
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