Today, I took in:

the beginning of Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

I made:

banana bread and pumpkin muffins

Today, I took in:

an episode of Travel Man

I made:

a happy return to singing with my fellow second soprano in choir (we’ve been missing alternate rehearsals for weeks now)

Today, I took in:

the tail end of an Andean band’s performance at my local park’s tiny harvest festival

I made:

another one of my favorite activities, Readalouds with friends

Today, I took in:

a guided tour of the National Gallery

I made:

a successful department store shopping trip on a Saturday (success defined by not murdering fellow shoppers because the crush of humanity is too much, finding most of what was on the list, and not buying too many things not on the list)

Today, I took in:

the rest of the novel I typed up

the first episode of the new season of my favorite show, The Good Place

I made:

a pretty evenly split despairing/hopeful conversation with my friend about the future of our countries

Today, I took in:

the rest of Commonwealth

I made:

a quick after-work stop for tea with a friend

Today, I took in:

part of a novel that I’m typing up as a quick job for someone — it’s a good read

I made:

a call to my grandmother

Today, I took in:

an episode of It’s Always Sunny

I made:

a sorting out of some feelings around the future

Today, I took in:

the first 30 minutes of A Few Less Men, which was too boring to finish

an episode of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

I made:

some small but useful revelations about how I approach some things in my life, after talking it over with my friend