cottage

Chris Conway took this photo in Greenwich Village, NY.


At the cottage. The water's warm enough for comfortable swimming (as opposed to "holy toledo, that's cold, get me OUTTA here" swimming), so I'm spending as much time in it as possible.

I do slow laps in front of the cottage, and when my arms get tired I float on my back, arms and legs outstretched, watching the clouds drift by. I find it one of the most relaxing activities in the world, with the water below, sky above, letting the gentle breeze take me where it wants. I usually wake up before it takes me too far.






Leaping into my German Verb Drill book again, spurred by the knowledge that we're going to Vienna (and a brief visit to Berlin) in a couple of months. Anita and Scott give me tips, and help me with vocabulary. I'm also reading slowly through my copy of "Amerikanische Liebesgeshichten", a book of romance stories I picked up in Vienna last December.

The English version is on the left-hand pages, German on the right. The first story is Morley Callaghan's "The Snob", a story I remember reading in school. Right now I can only pick out a few words in the German version, but I'm hoping that eventually I'll become more fluent. "Es war in der Buchabteilung des Kaufhauses, dass der Student John Harcourt plötzlich seinen Vater sah..."

If you didn't see my last entry, the big Urban Tapestry news recently is that ALLISON is going to be at OVFF, woohoo! Jodi and I are very, very happy about this. OVFF this year has Ookla the Mok as GoHs, Scott Snyder as Toastmaster, Heather Dale as Interfilk Guest, and Mary Frost Pierson and Elaine Richards as Listener Guests. It's going to be quite the party. :-)

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