vital functions

[kaberett]

Reading. Some progress on both Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (I continue to enjoy myself! just... slowly) and What An Owl Knows (Jennifer Ackerman) (just made it through the intro, no opinions yet).

Writing. Have not actually technically written anything this week as such, but I have been Contemplating dissociation vs mindfulness in the specific context of (neuroplastic) chronic pain, and the things "pain" gets experienced as if we're tuning it out, and generally organising some thoughts on at least what (areas of) literature I want to dig into.

Playing. GOT UNSTUCK ON I LOVE HUE (The Alchemy/Transformation/22 was wretched to even finish and it took me three attempts to get Under The Global average).

A game of Scrabble, where I made lots of horrid boxes and had a lot of very frustrating not-quite seven+-letter words.

simont pointed me at Bracket City, which I think on the whole I like the concept of, as a stim, but it's fundamentally Too Culturally USAian for me, in that there are a whole bunch of references it makes that are just... so not my default vocabulary that I wind up staring at them blankly more than is actually fun, alas.

Cooking. ... oh heck. Several things. Now officially over halfway through East? See new-to-me recipes post for the year, I think.

Eating. FIRST ASPARAGUS OF THE YEAR courtesy of my mother. Fennel and pepper stew ditto. Cream tea at Anglesey Abbey.

Exploring. CYCLED TO ANGLESEY ABBEY AND BACK AGAIN and was comfortable basically the entire way? Included poking briefly around Cambridge North, which I had not previously had cause to meet. Also bimbled around the block or thereabouts and saw Bats.

Making & mending. ... I have sawed so many railway sleepers in half.

Growing. Things go well! Squash are started! My favourite white patty-pans have come up first! I've come home from Cambs with bonus chillis??? Probably coffee?

Peas beans etc all continue happy. Kohlrabi doing excellently. Jostaberry exuberantly in flower; gooseberry ditto; redcurrant... thinking about it; blueberry has one set of flowers!

Observing. FIRST SLOW WORM OF THE YEAR (and I felt very bad for disturbing it). Red-legged partridge! Cambridgeshire bats and a robin! Lots of excellent spring flowers! SO MANY RIDICULOUS DAFFODILS at Anglesey, specialest mention of all to the ones with white trumpets and yellow petals.

... and that's your lot because Goodness for some reason I am tired. Maybe I will write more about the daffodils In Future. GOODNIGHT.

Comments

[ursula]

Thanks for the bracket link! It feels very New York Times-ish (I guess the New Yorker is that way too).

[lokifan]

CYCLED TO ANGLESEY ABBEY AND BACK AGAIN and was comfortable basically the entire way?

Impressed!

[rugessnome]

Thank you for pointing out Bracket City; I think today's (Monday the 14th) is easier, and I think I've heard the NYT crosswords get gradually harder through the week so I wonder if it's following that pattern? I actually got a near perfect score on last Monday's So early week ones might be a little easier, if that is worth another poke at all?

[emperor]

The ride out to Anglesey Abbeys quite nice, isn't it?

[kareila]

I’m doubtful that it is possible to read Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell anything but slowly. I want to refamilarize myself with the story before reading the new novella but I expect that I will watch the miniseries instead.

[vass]

MANY THING.

Yay for cycling and Spargel and slow worm and daffs.

[cesy]

Is there a particular requirement to do more on I Love Hue than complete each one? I turned off all the options that looked stressful or competitive.

[kaberett]

Nope! I just like beating the world average :-p