Morning Entry

Well, I guess I have to record that I did not do as well on my test as I should have done. There was a whole section on numbers and I didn’t study them. I guessed but because she said them {rather than having them written on the paper}, I don’t think my guesses were good. She had  spent some time on them in the previous week’s class so what have I learned from that is that if she spends time on it in class, it will be on the test. I don’t think I failed the test because I did fine on the months and seasons and days. I am annoyed with myself because I could have learned them. It was just memorization and I can do that easily. In addition, somehow it had slipped through the cracks in my brain that I hadn’t finished the raccontino that was due. I handed in the working hand-written draft but it was obvious that it was just a draft. For example, I used dorman? with a question mark because I had to look up the verb ending for the subject. I decided this morning I will send her email requesting a chance to do this one over when I get my draft back. Ok, lesson learned.I have cleaned out one storage box of my winter clothes and got rid of some I haven’t worn for a while. I have put two offerings of these fall/early winter clothes on Freecycle and they were both snapped up immediately. Today my plan is to go through the container where my sweaters are and purge those also. I really like doing this not only because I am glad to be getting rid of clutter but also because they are going to people who need them, judging by the large number of replies I am getting.There are two weeks until the book club meeting. I have the book,  The Forest Lover by Susan Vreeland but have as yet not started reading it. The other books for the next six months are Guns Over the Champlain Valley by Coffin, Curtis and Curtis {It occurs to me that since this is local history, Fred may already have this in his collection}, Bitter Grounds by Sandra Benitez {this was my choice–an excellent book}, Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner, Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs,  A Voyage for Madmen by Peter Nichols and At First Sight by Nicholas Sparks. I usually buy these books in paperback and secondhand and then put them on Freecycle where they are promptly snapped up! I am really enjoying this book club not only because I like the women but because I enjoy the different genres I get to investigate. I tend to stick woth one or two genres and to my favorite authors.The longer we live here, the more I find I am really enjoying and appreciating this apartment. It is well worth the huge rent we are paying. {Incidentally, the rent is not abnormal for a two-bedroom apartment in this area. Rents in Vermont are high.} I love our living room. Every time I use it or even just pass through it, I like how it looks. This morning I carried my tray of breakfast in there and appreciated it all over again. Links to art:

Drawings and Pastel Paintings

Until later….