March 2023 – Journal

Curriculum for Q2, recap of Q1

Wednesday, 29 March 2003

For the first quarter’s curriculum, I laid out a set of aims, both general and specific. I revisit them below, with comments on how they went (or if they went) and what the results were, and then think aloud about what to aim for in Q2

Aims for Q2:
• Study: Studies going fine; consolidate essay work.
• Write: Focus on workshop; look for venues for publication and sharing.
• Do: Continue local activity; plan regional/national/international travel.
• Maintain: Ramp up running; learn to make seaweed salad & miso soup.

Mid-March Miscellany

Tuesday, 21 March 2023

The vernal equinox arrived yesterday. And, indeed, for the last week or so there have been days where it’s sunny, a bit of thaw is in the air, and the birds are positively boisterous.

I started running again, after a lapse of nearly a month, and a sparse few weeks before that. There is still a layer of ice on everything, but with the temperature getting above freezing most days, running with spikes works. Minihaha Creek is flowing freely, and I think the period where I will see either ice crystals, or the faintly green algae-infused ice, is past.

March 1 and Slush Season

Wednesday, 1 March 2023

Happy March 1st! There are now some cracks in the shroud of winter. Oftentimes, it seems to me, there is a period of a few days, usually in February, where the birds suddenly become more active. It is perhaps the first real hint of spring — real, in contrast to the phantom spring thaw that often happens in late January.