Done yesterday (20101212 Su)

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I spent a few minutes in the morning watching the steam from my coffee curl up, lit from the side by my blue SAD light. Very pretty, and soothing.

I actually got out of the house early, to go to the Container Store at a time when there was still parking. The YD wanted to stop at the bank, so she went along. I like the Container Store -- a little pricey, but they have a great selection of little gadgets & such they sell as "stocking stuffers".

And a walk, in the late afternoon, down to the Rose Garden. I'm sadly out of shape. And when did walking on a cloudy winter day start to be depressing? Decades ago, I guess, but think I remember liking it back in college. Or maybe I was just depressed all the time then, so it didn't matter? Oh, well.

QOTD: "'non-observant' doesn't just refer to my religion." I don't remember just what it was that I wasn't observing at the time.

I made a pretty good chicken paprikash for dinner.

There are links. I wish I'd known Val Higgins -- she sounds from her blog entries like a wonderful and brave person, and now she's gone. Not a bad day, on the whole, but a little melancholy around the edges.