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Mon, Mar. 22nd, 2004 08:10 amThe weekend
Looked at cars this weekend. Must make a final decision about what to buy and then do the deed before the week is out. The deadline is an artificial one, created by nothing but my own desire to have done with it. I just want it to be over and to move on.
Went to Carkeek Park for the first time this weekend. It's a park that butts up against Puget Sound, so there's a long sandy coastline to walk along as well as an estuary that's used by salmon during the year for spawning. Did a little beachcombing and came up with some lovely old shells and beach glass. This time I had the presence of mind to remember to bring my binoculars and one of my birding books, and we identified two kinds of ducks for my birding journal: the American Wigeon, and the Common Goldeneye. They're fairly common so their sighting isn't all that remarkable, but they're so pretty in the wild that it was a pleasure to see them.
Watched the BBC's Royal Shakespeare Company production of "Hamlet". It's one of my favorite Shakespearean plays. I've now been forever ruined for any other portrayal of Hamlet. Derek Jacobi is brilliant as the prince.
( Last night's discovery of a Salon.com article on book publishing produced the rant behind the cut. )
Looked at cars this weekend. Must make a final decision about what to buy and then do the deed before the week is out. The deadline is an artificial one, created by nothing but my own desire to have done with it. I just want it to be over and to move on.
Went to Carkeek Park for the first time this weekend. It's a park that butts up against Puget Sound, so there's a long sandy coastline to walk along as well as an estuary that's used by salmon during the year for spawning. Did a little beachcombing and came up with some lovely old shells and beach glass. This time I had the presence of mind to remember to bring my binoculars and one of my birding books, and we identified two kinds of ducks for my birding journal: the American Wigeon, and the Common Goldeneye. They're fairly common so their sighting isn't all that remarkable, but they're so pretty in the wild that it was a pleasure to see them.
Watched the BBC's Royal Shakespeare Company production of "Hamlet". It's one of my favorite Shakespearean plays. I've now been forever ruined for any other portrayal of Hamlet. Derek Jacobi is brilliant as the prince.
( Last night's discovery of a Salon.com article on book publishing produced the rant behind the cut. )