8:30 am
While writing
this, I am letting the computer put the next 9 chapters of Little Dorritt on the mp3. I
listen to it while feeding buns and while running which I did this morning. And
picked up trash while I did it. That huge mass of plastic in the ocean will
only grow as the plastic on the side of the road gets washed into the Fort River,
thence to the Connecticut and finally out to sea. So I can do my very small
part by gathering the junk up from East Hadley rd while I run. And while I listen
to my Librivox Little Dorritt. Except
that unfortunately I do not like this reader nearly as much as the last one
(for Martin Chuzzlewit). I have
looked up other Dickens books she has read and will try them next. For now I will
deal with this reader. It is good to actually hear all of the book. I listened
to a bbc adaptation and it was very confusing. It left out a lot since it was
just dialogue for the most part and not much was explained.
Managed
to print out the poster (I biked to staples) and then distribute it yesterday
afternoon. I hope it helps. There are still a few places it could go – North and
South libraries, and to the farm share room. I meant for G to take one there
today, but she left it behind. Since K gets home early perhaps I can drive it
over (and get cook farm ice cream… one of the main things that kept me going
yesterday afternoon was knowing that I was going to stop for GoBerry).
Today I
would like to spin spin spin the rest of the angora. And listen to the rest of Juliet Naked. I wonder if it has been
made into a movie. It seems destined to, as so many of his other novels have,
if it is not already. I’ll look it up. Since it looks like it won’t be too hot
today, the other thing I really need to do is give the cages a quick clean. Just
clean out the deposits of droppings that accumulate in corners, and detach the
ones that hang from the bottom of the wire. And I should vasoline some who seem
to need it. And pluck the two I mentioned before. Every now and then I will
hear a sneeze from the vicinity, but I can never see who is doing it. If it is
Dinah, I don’t much mind as she is also very grumpy and aggressive, so it would
probably be best not to keep her.
Before I
get to start in on the spinning I will need to do some basic housekeeping –
dishes, laundry. Seems like yesterday I didn’t get started until really late
because of stuff I was doing, but except for the bread I started, I can’t
really think what it was. Take out compost? Oh, I know, I made a fruit salad
which was lovely, except that it took forever to cut up the watermelon and get
the seeds out. These melons from the farm are delicious, but they are very very seedy. And here’s something funny – I grilled
some yesterday. I grilled some chicken, and the eggplant and a zucchini, and I even
grilled some flat bread. It all came out quite good. Then I decided to try the
watermelon. It was odd. Sweet, hot, a little charred.
I found
an on-line source for adhesive foil which I think I will order so I can make
reflectors to direct more heat to the solar dye pan. It gets hot, but certainly
not at a simmer heat. More like 120 rather than 200 which is what I would like.
Cloudy today (rain??????) so nothing will heat up at all. Next week I will
really focus on getting everything ready for the class. I think I will call E
since I have his gift card that I can give him, and I will ask about the roving
he said he has. If it is ok, I could buy it from him to add to what I have for
class. I probably have plenty, but I don’t want to run out and I can always use
it later.
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