Today the Latin teacher bought us 'Yay! We're done with Catullus!' doughnuts from the local QuickCheck, but the boxes were full of ants.

Life is like that, sometimes.

Went to see Brokeback Mountain with the Maternal Unit, Ami, and various semi-familial adults. It was good. Now I need to read the story; maybe it will hit me more with the emotional reaction ( Read more... )

I went for another walk today. It was wet, and then it was cold, and the ground was frozen. My feet crunch on the frozen leaves. The noonday sun gleams through the branches and made the pathway glisten silver. In the ground are crystals of frost, the same shape and color as quartz, tiny spikes and ribbed squares. There is a plant with black berries ( Read more... )