A few random thoughts at the end of October.
- These are the darkest mornings of the year. I think this every year, in the weeks leading up to the clocks going back. Because I am an early riser I spend my first hour or two in darkness now. I used to find this depressing, but in a strange way I find it comforting now.
- I went to Costco this weekend and was incredibly conscious for some reason of the massive number of individual plastic water bottles they sell. There was more than one person with a cart full simply of water bottles. I’m fine with the push to eliminate straws, but I do wonder if we’re missing the forest for the trees. Plastic water bottles (and individual plastic cups) seem like a much bigger problem. Please stop using individual water bottles, people!
- My spinning class on Monday morning played Landslide and I thought yet again of how much I love that song. It feels like yesterday I wrote about Landslide here (and then I revisited it here) and since that day I’ve thought of it as an anthem of sorts for this parenting journey. This LIFE journey. It’s only getting more true.
- I started reading Wild Game
at last. Wow. I highly recommend.
- I don’t write about politics much (or ever, other than my post on the eve of the 2016 election) but it’s not a secret that I’m not a Trump fan. I’ve been saying since he was a candidate that of the many things I find deeply objectionable about him possibly the top of the list is how poorly spoken he is. For this reason I adored Frank Bruni’s column in this weekend’s Times.
at last. Wow. I highly recommend.Happy end of October, all. The decade draws to a close. Onward.
Loved reading these. I, too, feel comfort spending quiet time in the dark in the morning. Also feel the same way when I see ALL THE PLASTIC BOTTLES. Thanks for bringing that up, and of course, for another wonderful book recommendation. I pretty much put everything you recommend on hold at the library.