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Nov. 17th, 2003 08:33 am
Little spring
There's a Chinese expression, 小春 ["little spring"], that I know I've seen before though I haven't been able to find it in my dictionaries. I recall it was either a poetic term for fall or the name for a period of warm weather late in the year--something like "Indian/St Martin's summer". "Summer" suggests too much heat to describe the weather we had today and one week ago today; the mild temps and humidity--so unlike the crisp, dry air I associate with fall--make me think of spring. It was especially startling last week, coming right on the heels of the first snow flurry of the season, but there's still something disorientating (just kidding!) about walking home through the lakefront park when the trees are almost leafless and not being cold in only a jacket.
Today was also like a little spring of the mind after two days of gloominess. I even saw bright orange sunlight, although the talk on the radio was only about "dense fog". Last night, my dinner with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
monshu was the one event scheduled for the weekend that went more or less to plan. Despite being from Safeminick's, the lamb was quite tender and lean and the cranberries and walnuts worked well in the orzotto. At the end of it all came the last of the pie with the last of the whipped cream. And my odd neck injured has healed to the point where I was finally able to [CENSORED] his [CENSORED] again. Go me! While pressing thigh against a strange bear on the el this morning, I thought again about the shambles that Nuphy's body is in--and realised that in all my moping about it yesterday, I completely failed to note that his mind isn't in the least impaired. That's no small thing. bunj and e. came over Sunday morning and we had the most delightful chat about opera. I'm sure he and bunj could've talked about the Ring for hours. I tought of this today and it made me glow with thankfulness and relief.
( Traumody! )
Today was also like a little spring of the mind after two days of gloominess. I even saw bright orange sunlight, although the talk on the radio was only about "dense fog". Last night, my dinner with
monshu was the one event scheduled for the weekend that went more or less to plan. Despite being from Safeminick's, the lamb was quite tender and lean and the cranberries and walnuts worked well in the orzotto. At the end of it all came the last of the pie with the last of the whipped cream. And my odd neck injured has healed to the point where I was finally able to [CENSORED] his [CENSORED] again. Go me! While pressing thigh against a strange bear on the el this morning, I thought again about the shambles that Nuphy's body is in--and realised that in all my moping about it yesterday, I completely failed to note that his mind isn't in the least impaired. That's no small thing. bunj and e. came over Sunday morning and we had the most delightful chat about opera. I'm sure he and bunj could've talked about the Ring for hours. I tought of this today and it made me glow with thankfulness and relief.( Traumody! )