Yeah, I have literally not had the energy to keep up with basic updating stuff (I've been keeping a running draft, but as you'll see, even that was incomplete). I am update-dumping before I leave for a long weekend in Maine.

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( gym: July 20-24 )

Cate and I went to "Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese: Rivals in Renaissance Venice" at the MFA.  We read almost every single word of wall text, and Cate critiqued some of the exhibition display choices, and I tried to identify the Bible stories before reading the blurbs (apparently the Susannah story in the Book of Daniel is considered apocryphal by ( Read more... )

When we were planning this outing, traces said, "Anyway, this sounds divine!  I'd love to celebrate spring w/swan boats & art showsI met her at South Station around 11am and we walked to Boston Common and the Public Gardens, wandering around and chatting up a storm and taking pictures (I hadn't actually expected the Public Gardens to be all beautiful yet ( Read more... )

Advent meditation: Matthew 6:13-16 (from Scripture Readings: Advent to Pentecost, copyright 1989, by the Carmelites of Indianapolis)     Salam did the meditation.  She said, "God wants us to be useful to others and to people around us and to be doers, not talkers.  He wants our love for others to be useful the way salt is useful to the soil and ( Read more... )

Both Thursday and Friday, I had a good workout.

Thursday: Elliptical, interval program ( time )

After I showered this morning I didn't really wanna put clothes on, so I did my errands after my day with Kate rather than before it.  (I saw a flyer for Porn Debate, which I will be missing due to being in Europe -- August 10th.  Sadness.  I picked up the July/August MFA film calendar but probably shouldn't even look at it since I'll be away for ( Read more... )

So, when last we left our heroine (i.e., me) was heading off to Stanhope.  I was walking through the campus to the bus stop and it was sunny and there might have been the smell of freshly cut grass and I was reminded of nothing so much as walking across Smith campus late in a spring semester.  So much love ( Read more... )

weather.com said "heavy rain" and it wasn't kidding. How many times did I change my socks? (Though still-damp boots mitigated the efficacy of that.) On Friday, Cailin mentioned buying rain boots over the weekend, and trekking around in boots which have deteriorated to the point where they no longer keep out water I definitely wanted some for ( Read more... )

[Advent day 14 - Saturday] Luke 2:4-7 4So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. 5He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. 6While they were there, the time came for the baby to ( Read more... )

This morning I left a little later than I'd intended, and I thought, running/walking in my Smith hoodie with the cold autumn air, this is home.

And then were flecks of snow falling, which made me happy.

traces and I managed to successfully meet up at South Station -- in part due to the magic of cell phones ( Read more... )