Up about 8. Breakfast, coffee. Weight 207.8; down about 5 from 2 weeks ago.
Breakfast, coffee.
Video call w/ Bree (she’s w/ her family in France), 9-10.
Cleaned kitchen; had been a couple days. Still need to clean stove; should mop floor soon. Had on a b crime movie, Big Town After Dark (1947).
Wasted about 45 min. online.
Went out for a few groceries, threw something together for lunch. Made more coffee.
Worked for an hr., 12:30-1:30; revising burthen/call-and-response subsection, looked up/transcribed examples from Child and Harry Smith’s Anthology.
Called my dad about 1:45, talked for an hr., mostly about movie. Showered, shaved.
Therapy, 3 pm.
Started Nathaniel Mackey, Tej Bet, the 1st of his 3-book boxset. Read 20 p. This is probably my biggest reading project for the month. Looked up a couple of his references to Cuban music.
Intro Zoom call for an academic writing support group I joined for Nov., 5 pm, about 35 min.
Walked to Espresso 77 (my local coffee place). Had 1 beer, worked on same section about 6:30-8. Did some productive pruning, esp. from an overlong discussion of “Baby, It’s Cold Outside.” Chatted w/ my across-the-street neighbor Macgregor on the way out.
Bought a few more groceries (different place) on my way home.
Home before 9, had a bite, put some butternut squash in the oven for later.
Nothing of note after that; in bed around 10:30.