In which I write another post for this blog, for no apparent reason.

Five good things:

1. Chinese takeout, just waiting to be dinner.

2. A cold walk on a brilliant afternoon.

3. Possibly the best socks ever.

4. The proximity of no more grading for a week. Almost there!

5. Such good movies on the horizon.

Oh, okay. A few more:

6. Thanksgiving is just around the corner!

7. Ergo, pie!

8. My LSU daughter is just about to graduate!

9. Ergo, beignets! in New Orleans!

10. Yesterday, I wrote a poem. For no good reason!

Let's see if I can blog again tomorrow for no apparent reason.

I am saying y e s.

to spring break, giving stuff away, brunch tomorrow with family which involves roll-dough-making tonight, movies that are a little sentimental, a walk in a cool but not cold night, getting up in the morning to get eggs and whatnot at the grocery store, attending a book launch, catching up on my grading--for real!--writing a poem, I hope, for my writing group, seeing kids, grandkids, friends, having a little writing retreat, seeing more movies, reading more novels, spring, butter, vegetables, light: yes I say yes I will YES.

little blessing.

Even though I was sick enough to stay at home, work at home, fall into a sick afternoon nap wherein I dreamed that a mouse ran across the covers and flicked my cheek with its tail, and even though my getting through the day required copious amounts of tea and DayQuil, this afternoon I looked up from adding files to my post-tenure review portfolio to see this:

Untitled from lisab on Vimeo.

This weekend I

had a beautiful dinner with the historian and his children to belatedly celebrate his birthday (happy belated birthday to the historian!); took the dog for several walks; faded into a nap or so; did a crossword or two; read some of my novel; read some of my book of poems; spent plenty of time with my bff the internet; (not really my bff); went to Target twice; wore some tall shoes out on a date; saw Blue Valentine and cried a little; did some laundry for the good of all mankind; made some killer linguine; watched the SAG awards while I whittled away at work-y stuff; rescued college daughter whose car would not start; ate Mexican food; wished someone would finish putting my post-tenure review file together; taught a little online; wished my son-in-law a happy birthday; wondered at the bad air; thought perhaps that I might be coming down with another cold, which seemed vastly unfair; saw Megamind with a son, a daughter, and a grandson; had another son and another grandson over tonight for some rousing conversation and the aforementioned linguine; wrote the phrase "the aforementioned linguine" and liked it, quite a bit; and went to bed (wrote the phrase "went to bed" and wished it were so--and so it will be).

Top 5 of everything.

At the moment, anyway--

1. Grilled cheese sandwich

2. Baby walks around saying "Oh my GAH"

3. Bruiser

4. Googling "cottage in France" and finding a bazillion, some of which we could afford

5. the memory of Ireland

Like/don't like.

Cosmos/petunias.
Asters/chrysanthemums*.
Thanksgiving/Halloween*.
Tootsie Rolls/candy corn.
Paul Krugman/Irving Kristol.
Jonathan Demme/Adrian Lyne.
No allergies/allergies.

Also, I am looking forward to this and this.

*except for, lately, I've been noticing how much I love some of the chrysanthemums I'm seeing, which is making me rethink the chrysanthemums I ripped out of our back yard a few years ago. Not really. Those were bad.
*little kids dressed in costumes are cute. Just don't ask me to dress up. Just don't.
*candy corn is a waste of perfectly good sugar, in my humble opinion.