April 28, 2020
Coffee this morning from the usual place--Dunkin' Donuts on Erwin. Chilly last night. Only 43 degrees this morning. But it will warm up to 75.
Listened to lots of music today: an album of French orchestral music (Debussy, Ravel, Massenet, et al.--the album titled Escales, on the Chandos label); OK Computer, by Radiohead; a collection of The Jam's greatest "hits." All courtesy of my subscription to iTunes.
Another hamburger for lunch, topped with ketchup and AR's pickled carrots.
Finished typing my notes from last week's HOPE conference and emailed them to the participants. Spent a good part of the day working on my writing presentation, which will be on Thursday. Notes on what can lose readers: length, the writing itself, excessive quotations, losing the forest for the trees.
Spent the later part of the afternoon on AR's deck, working. We had pizza for dinner (sausage and mushroom from Marco's). I ordered the pizza there for takeout. Poor social distancing there. The waiting area is small. Two or three people did not wear masks, for instance.
My copy of the original Norton Critical Edition of Beowulf arrived today. The Donaldson translation, copyright 1975. It's in great condition. Donaldson's is close to a literal translation, he explains in his notes.
Listened to lots of music today: an album of French orchestral music (Debussy, Ravel, Massenet, et al.--the album titled Escales, on the Chandos label); OK Computer, by Radiohead; a collection of The Jam's greatest "hits." All courtesy of my subscription to iTunes.
Another hamburger for lunch, topped with ketchup and AR's pickled carrots.
Finished typing my notes from last week's HOPE conference and emailed them to the participants. Spent a good part of the day working on my writing presentation, which will be on Thursday. Notes on what can lose readers: length, the writing itself, excessive quotations, losing the forest for the trees.
Spent the later part of the afternoon on AR's deck, working. We had pizza for dinner (sausage and mushroom from Marco's). I ordered the pizza there for takeout. Poor social distancing there. The waiting area is small. Two or three people did not wear masks, for instance.
My copy of the original Norton Critical Edition of Beowulf arrived today. The Donaldson translation, copyright 1975. It's in great condition. Donaldson's is close to a literal translation, he explains in his notes.
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