Things of note, in unaffective sentence fragments

1. Watched Michael Moore's "Sicko" and nearly wept with gratitude at his expression and plea in favor community-minded health care. Funny. Rational. Full of heart.

2. Bought 27# of ground yak in the Sears parking lot from a nice man with a small heard in Delta. Planning to go for a visit to his ranch soon . . .Asked if he'd ever heard of dzo-- a yak/cow hybrid that gets ten gallons to the square mile [of pasture] (crossing a heifer with a yak bull yields much higher milk production, they're both bovids, but male offspring are sterile.)

3. Finished Annie Dillard "The Living"--almost 'plotless,' but immersive . .

4. Writing a little, not so much. Working on taking care of mind, body, spirit instead of coming up with flashing, "soap-bubble-grabbing" plans. Trying to take my time to think things through, talk to people. Applications and manuscripts are flying around or have been submitted . . .hopefully, mistakes have not been made.

5. Looking forward to the school district's "Diversity Book Club" starting next week. (Titles include: Rethinking Columbus, We can't teach what we don't know, The kids Behind the Label, Affirmative Action. ) Maybe there'll be folks who don't want to disband and we can keep reading through the summer and fall.