daily gratitudes
Jan. 23rd, 2006 11:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chelidon1. SnowSnowSnow!!! Looks like 6-8 inches so far, which means I should probably plow, but don't absolutely have to (all the vehicles are 4WD). But that also means tomorrow is a skiing day, woo hoo! Er, assuming I get this article done tonight, that is ;> (nothing like incentive!)
2. splitting wood and feeding the wood boiler to keep the house warm and toasty. I love heating with wood. Lugging the wood, while good exercise, isn't so much fun, but splitting it, tending the fire, twiddling with the stove, all very enjoyable. I feel so...intimately connected to the house, and to the hearth by doing this every day, by touching and getting to know every piece of wood that keeps us warm. All of my clothes, my hair, my fingers, have that yummy woodsmoke smell, the whole basement smells good all the time. And nothing like building and tending a fire daily to learn truths about fire. Interesting...
3. A box of Marich (dark) Chocolate Espresso Beans from my Lovely Housemate![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
lylythe_strega. Not remotely health food, but.... mmmmmm, as well as highly useful for those late-night deadline-meeting marathon writing sessions.
4. A care package from across the pond (fromravenedgewalker), brought by Royal Mail at the nothing-less-than-miraculous speed of 3 days transit time(!) Three *weeks*, I'd not be surprised by, but this beats anything I've seen. There must be some kind of direct teleportation conduit between Manchester, England and Manchester, New Hampshire, is my guess. Care package included 2 beautiful sets of handmade jet runes, a copy of the BBC Dr. Who Christmas Special (which my partner has already put dibs on for tonight), and some rose petal tea, which I will have to try out tonight! Unexpected kindnesses and happy surprises are seriously uplifting for the spirit.
5. Getting the DVD of the Winter Revels production, and listening to all of that wonderful music again last night. Even though it was taped on a night when we were really not at our best musically, actually seeing the show from the point of view of the audience was great fun.
6. In between writing projects and house projects, teaching myself how to create and burn DVD masters, and turning the bootleg copies of the first season of the new Dr. Who into DVDs that should work on any DVD player (instead of requiring a computer to play). I'm a bit dubious about the quality level that will result from recompressing video streams with another different codec and changing resolution (to DVD-standard) at the same time. The master will probably take 16+ hours to process all of the video, then we'll see..
7. All of you.
2. splitting wood and feeding the wood boiler to keep the house warm and toasty. I love heating with wood. Lugging the wood, while good exercise, isn't so much fun, but splitting it, tending the fire, twiddling with the stove, all very enjoyable. I feel so...intimately connected to the house, and to the hearth by doing this every day, by touching and getting to know every piece of wood that keeps us warm. All of my clothes, my hair, my fingers, have that yummy woodsmoke smell, the whole basement smells good all the time. And nothing like building and tending a fire daily to learn truths about fire. Interesting...
3. A box of Marich (dark) Chocolate Espresso Beans from my Lovely Housemate
lylythe_strega. Not remotely health food, but.... mmmmmm, as well as highly useful for those late-night deadline-meeting marathon writing sessions.4. A care package from across the pond (from
ravenedgewalker), brought by Royal Mail at the nothing-less-than-miraculous speed of 3 days transit time(!) Three *weeks*, I'd not be surprised by, but this beats anything I've seen. There must be some kind of direct teleportation conduit between Manchester, England and Manchester, New Hampshire, is my guess. Care package included 2 beautiful sets of handmade jet runes, a copy of the BBC Dr. Who Christmas Special (which my partner has already put dibs on for tonight), and some rose petal tea, which I will have to try out tonight! Unexpected kindnesses and happy surprises are seriously uplifting for the spirit.5. Getting the DVD of the Winter Revels production, and listening to all of that wonderful music again last night. Even though it was taped on a night when we were really not at our best musically, actually seeing the show from the point of view of the audience was great fun.
6. In between writing projects and house projects, teaching myself how to create and burn DVD masters, and turning the bootleg copies of the first season of the new Dr. Who into DVDs that should work on any DVD player (instead of requiring a computer to play). I'm a bit dubious about the quality level that will result from recompressing video streams with another different codec and changing resolution (to DVD-standard) at the same time. The master will probably take 16+ hours to process all of the video, then we'll see..
7. All of you.
