quick note and a book recommendation...

Yeeps it is early. I stayed up to watch the Patriots lose. I knew they likely would, and it wasn't as bad as I'd expected, but ugh. Late night, early morning. I'm off to Plymouth for an all-day teachers' conference (idea sharing...woot). Then, later, having my flu and covid vax. Woot again. Do I know how to party or what? 

It's cold, it's dark, but I have coffee and I'm traveling with my young colleague who is a lot of fun to do things with, so it'll be fine. She's driving. 

O: book recommendation. I'm reading Atwood's Penelopiad. Damn, it's good. I finished Russo's new book, Under the Falls, and it was fine and dandy, but not as good as Empire Falls. He says it was originally intended to be a pilot for a TV series, and it kind of reads that way. Still, not bad. 

I hope your day is glorious. Hold each other close, keep safe, and hang in there. 

C






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