Monday, November 10, 2025

Hinge Points of November

The wind is howling outside, and I'm trying not to be nervous.  Will it be better when the sun is up?  On the one hand, I'll be able to assess how much wind is actually blowing.  On the other hand, I'll be able to see the trees as they move in the wind.

I have a bagel toasting in the oven.  It's one of the bagels I bought on Wednesday when I went out to breakfast with some of the Quilt Camp leadership team.  I offered to bring a bagel or two with cream cheese back for my spouse.  It turned out to be cheaper to buy a dozen bagels, which are half off on Wednesdays, with a tub of cream cheese than to buy two individual bagels with cream cheese for him and one with cream cheese for me.

I am wishing it was a week ago, when I would still have the delights of quilt camp coming.  How wonderful that it was so wonderful!

It is hard to believe that a third of November has already zoomed by.  A week ago I'd be scrambling to make sure that everything was in place for me to be off campus from Wednesday to Friday.

Two weeks from now will be the last two days of regular class days.  Then we break for Thanksgiving.  After Thanksgiving is a reading day and then final exams.  I'm in that stage of the semester where it feels like we've been meeting together since the beginning of time, and we've covered all the important material.  But we still have two weeks together.

Two weeks from now we'll be getting ready for Thanksgiving, one of my favorite holidays.  I'll continue to try to savor every moment that remains of my favorite season, the one from early September to December 24.

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