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This just in: Making pumpkin butter is a dangerous activity!  I was just burnt on the face by some flying boiling pumpkin butter.  I'm amused! 

 

Overall, I'm well.  I realized today that I'm in a time of transition here (which surprised me, for some reason) as I'm in an awkward spot working on campus, but no longer a student.  It's not a big deal, but I'm tryin' to make friends who have similar schedules and who won't be graduating and leaving in May.  For some reason I tend to underestimate transitions and the challenge they bring. 

 

It's chilly here now, and we're scheming up interesting ways to cut down on our heating bills.... my favorite trick: boiling a quart of water and sleeping with a hot mason jar in my sleeping bag.  Speaking of sleepin' bag, it's sure callin' my name.

 

grateful list:

-canning food

-sleep, and the nearness of it.

-vince, and the planning of a winter bluegrass visit

-A-town kids who keep tracking me down for chats

-greg brown "I've never seen anything so beautiful or so ordinary"

-health

-sunshine on fall evenings

-Tracy Chapman "I wanna wake up and know where I'm goin"