• Practice music with particular emphasis on 113 (Bona Rhythmical Articulation)
• Review Latin vocabulary
• Read “The Geese” and assemble notes for first of three discussions on Essays of E.B. White
• Walk before the light drains from the sky
• Look up again tonight
• Finish Chain Gang All-Stars (review here)
Jólabókaflóð continues.
The graduation concert is behind us, and I have only two more lessons before the holiday break. Practice will continue throughout the holidays, but the respite this season brings is delightful — fewer pieces to cover and more time for “fun stuff,” like the album of Christmas duets for flute and clarinet.
During the winter break, my reading is often a bit more relaxed, too, although I’m thisclose to finishing a few books on my TBR shelf. It may be worth pushing a bit harder than I usually do in December.
Speaking of which, today was supposed to be an off day, but there we were, putting in a few miles before all of the light drained from the sky. Tomorrow we’re planning to walk in one of the conservation districts.
An argument could be made that I celebrate jólabókaflóð all year long.
So many books; not quite enough time.
Since Tuesday evening, we have been fighting some sort of bug, the chief characteristics of which were congestion and lethargy. We have nearly snapped out of it, though, and look forward to resuming our regular walks.
During my sick days, I rediscovered NYPD Blue (Hulu). A fan during its long run, I appreciated returning to this engaging show when I was too weary to read but not enough to sleep. Had I been well, I would have finished Gissing’s The Odd Women, now a task for this weekend.
Next weekend, we will play at the graduation concert. We did manage some quality practice this week and look forward to more this weekend.
My library is an embarrassment of riches.
Shelved earlier today for someday.
It’s a gentle madness.
A few new volumes, two of which were gifts.
A few new books.
Image captured by my older daughter.
Three weeks have passed since we departed for our NYC adventure. Sparing my seventy-three readers a cliché about time’s passage, I will confine myself to a bemused (virtual) headshake.
Reading: I’m more than halfway through The Woman in White and 195 pages into The Magic Mountain. I had thought I would read ahead in New Grub Street, but this week, I simply kept pace with the APS Together schedule. I hope to finish Our Missing Hearts (terrific review here) over the weekend.
Latin and music: The trip, re-entry, and preparation for the upcoming concert left me a bit short of time and energy for my Latin studies, although my husband did help me drill vocabulary on our trip into Chicago last weekend. (We saw Twelfth Night at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater. Recommended.) The two music lessons since my return from NYC were longer to make up for the lesson lost during vacation (yes, she’s a terrific instructor), and the assignments represent greater challenges, which, coupled with band music, require a continuing commitment to regular (and extended) practice.
Perhaps if I were as strict about Latin as I am about music, I might be reading Ovid by now. Sigh.
More when time permits.
Nerdishly 