Figures...
So, all winter, we not only don't have winter, we hardly have any snow.
Until we're scheduled to be on the road.
To wit:
.. Potential for a major noreaster to hit southern and western
Maine and all of New Hampshire Wednesday and Wednesday night...
Low pressure will develop along the mid Atlantic coast Tuesday
night and currently all indications are suggesting this storm will
intensify rapidly as it moves northeast Wednesday night.
Strong winds would accompany this storm and may become very strong
with wind gusts of over 40 mph late Wednesday and Wednesday night
into Thursday causing significant blowing and drifting. Strongest
winds would occur near the coast.
Q: Where do we catch the train?
A: Portland
Q: Where are we going?
A: Boston
Gah.
Finished up the Unexpected Deep Background segment of Fledgling. I should say, the first Unexpected Deep Background segment. God, She knows, there will be more...
And -- I had meant to blog about this and then forgot because, ummm, I Am A Maroon.
Anyhow...
Thursday evening![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
kinzel and I went to a reception at the campus art museum. This is one of the things I like about working on a college campus. There's always stuff going on, some of it quite odd, but most of it interesting.
In the case of Thursday evening, the stuff included an up-close and personal viewing of the sand mandala under construction in the museum's lower level. Words fail me. Beautiful, vibrant, magical -- OK, magical's good. Also? Unexpected. One thing, for instance, that I hadn't at all expected is that parts of the work -- the jaguars, the mountains, the leaping dolphins -- are three dimensional. I had expected the whole thing to be flat. Silly me.
The work is also poignant, because it's so fleeting. On Friday, the completed painting will be --- swept away.
Edger would be proud.
Onward now to the chores I didn't get done today because I was writing. Happily, I have already made rice for tomorrow's lunch (We have a microwave in the office! that means I can bring a yummy and nutritious lunch of brown rice, left over turkey medallions and broccoli, zap it and be happy! Words cannot express how tired I've gotten of cheese sandwiches.). But. The Mountain of Dishes remains to be done. Best get to that before it achieves sentience...
Edited to add: this link to a photograph of the sand mandala that almost does it justice. Thanks tokinzel for the heads-up.
Until we're scheduled to be on the road.
To wit:
.. Potential for a major noreaster to hit southern and western
Maine and all of New Hampshire Wednesday and Wednesday night...
Low pressure will develop along the mid Atlantic coast Tuesday
night and currently all indications are suggesting this storm will
intensify rapidly as it moves northeast Wednesday night.
Strong winds would accompany this storm and may become very strong
with wind gusts of over 40 mph late Wednesday and Wednesday night
into Thursday causing significant blowing and drifting. Strongest
winds would occur near the coast.
Q: Where do we catch the train?
A: Portland
Q: Where are we going?
A: Boston
Gah.
Finished up the Unexpected Deep Background segment of Fledgling. I should say, the first Unexpected Deep Background segment. God, She knows, there will be more...
And -- I had meant to blog about this and then forgot because, ummm, I Am A Maroon.
Anyhow...
Thursday evening
kinzel and I went to a reception at the campus art museum. This is one of the things I like about working on a college campus. There's always stuff going on, some of it quite odd, but most of it interesting. In the case of Thursday evening, the stuff included an up-close and personal viewing of the sand mandala under construction in the museum's lower level. Words fail me. Beautiful, vibrant, magical -- OK, magical's good. Also? Unexpected. One thing, for instance, that I hadn't at all expected is that parts of the work -- the jaguars, the mountains, the leaping dolphins -- are three dimensional. I had expected the whole thing to be flat. Silly me.
The work is also poignant, because it's so fleeting. On Friday, the completed painting will be --- swept away.
Edger would be proud.
Onward now to the chores I didn't get done today because I was writing. Happily, I have already made rice for tomorrow's lunch (We have a microwave in the office! that means I can bring a yummy and nutritious lunch of brown rice, left over turkey medallions and broccoli, zap it and be happy! Words cannot express how tired I've gotten of cheese sandwiches.). But. The Mountain of Dishes remains to be done. Best get to that before it achieves sentience...
Edited to add: this link to a photograph of the sand mandala that almost does it justice. Thanks to
kinzel for the heads-up.