Week 89
View from the Houseboats
One day I will have reached a stopping place before time off. My sentences finished, my documents closed, my away messages up. Instead, I feel like a kitten in a yarn tangle. I keep pouncing on ideas or projects, thinking to wrestle them to an end, and instead find that I am further ensnared with no end in sight.
So I will do what I normally do: I will close documents without finding ends to sentences or paragraphs. I will put the away message up after Theo goes to bed. I will tell myself perhaps I’ll steal some time from my days off to capture some of my thinking on paper, if only to make myself feel better about closing the laptop.
And amidst this, I am glad I took advantage of this perfect-weather day in Sausalito to get in a bike ride this morning. I am glad school closing early will give me time to peel apples with Theo. I am glad vaccines are making Thanksgiving gatherings safer for us. I am glad my mother will be able to join our holiday meal for the first time in many years, and also that she is nearby to distract Theo while Sam and I cook. I am grateful I was promoted to Associate Professor. I am grateful that I work for a mission-driven institution, and with such kind and generous colleagues. I am grateful for you.
Interesting things on the internet
The Wampanoag’s 400 years of regret and day of mourning
The 3rd episode of the Future of Hope podcast via OnBeing with Pico Iyer and Elizabeth Gilbert
Thinking of you all, and hoping you are well.
Krista