Why don't you cry about it?: a miscellany.

1. Things that have made me cry recently:

• the father-and-son scenes in Man of Steel
• a Shawn Colvin playlist my son put on while I was making a salad 
• stuff my grandsons did and said
• getting on the airplane to go home
• a video chat with my son and grandson
• various parts of several episodes of The Killing I watched last night when we went home
• getting ready to go for a walk with the dog last night
• some other things that I cannot really talk about right now.

2.  Things I could not care less about:

• writing a draft of this chapter that's due on the 15th
• exerting myself in any way shape or form, especially mentally.

3. You should really check this out:

•  Next Draft. I heard about it through kottke, who said this:

 

 Of course I subscribed. And it's true: I find a daily dose of happiness in just scrolling through the links that Dave Pell curates, with his dry and hilarious commentary. I often click through to a few of the articles. It's timely and smart and always good stuff. You might find some of it on your own--but you might not, and since more uncertainty in these dark times might just push you (or "me") over the edge, you'd better subscribe too.

4. What I want to eat/drink:

--just

• salad,
• watermelon,
• and lemonade. Or limeade.

In related news, I have only one of these items in the house. Woe.