May 16, 2020

After spending all of yesterday in a Zoom board meeting, I loafed today, studying French and Old English and reading F. W. Bateson's The Scholar-Critic. I started memorizing Hardy's poem "Snow in the Suburbs," a charming poem with lumps and sparrows and webfoots and lost snowflakes.

Last night I went to JB's house for dinner. We of course kept our social distance, but it was so wonderful to be with friends again. The beautiful LA was there too.

I went to the grocery store tonight and found, for the first time in almost two months, toilet paper on the shelf: three 24-roll packs were left. I calmly took one. I also bought potatoes--I was craving potatoes for dinner--and cooked them tonight.

I went to write the word charming in my journal and wrote charmant instead. French is entering my subconscious mind.


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