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the_rckI tried Zhena’s Gypsy Tea’s coconut chai for a second time today. I steeped it three and a half minutes rather than the recommended five to seven minutes because I wanted to avoid having it get too bitter. I think, for me, that’s a good choice. I got enough flavor from the spices that I could tell it was chai without getting overwhelming bitterness. I’m pretty sure I can taste the coconut. At any rate, there’s something there that’s sweeter/mellower than I expect from black tea and chai.
I tried another new to me poet this week— Langston Hughes. I was wary because I haven’t really been thrilled with any of the poets I’ve tried so far, but I found I liked Hughes’ work quite a lot. It reminds me, in a way I can’t put my finger on, of what I like about the two Spoon River Anthology books. Maybe it’s a feeling of having people at the center? I really don’t know. I probably won’t finish the book I got from the library because it’s huge and because my best times for reading tend to be other people’s best times for podcasts/Netflix streaming/YouTube stuff. Scott generally does that while he’s moving around from one part of the house to another, cleaning, making his lunch, getting ready for bed, things like that, so it’s not like I can ask him to use earbuds.
It’s almost 3:00. The cleaning lady got here promptly at 2:00, but Cordelia’s friend has not yet arrived. I may need to email her mother and ask what’s up with that. Her being late is not terrible since the logistics of two kids in the house with the cleaning lady are challenging, but we were expecting her an hour ago and haven’t had any word. Now, I’m worried that there was some sort of email I was supposed to send her mother and haven’t and that that means she’s not coming.
I tried another new to me poet this week— Langston Hughes. I was wary because I haven’t really been thrilled with any of the poets I’ve tried so far, but I found I liked Hughes’ work quite a lot. It reminds me, in a way I can’t put my finger on, of what I like about the two Spoon River Anthology books. Maybe it’s a feeling of having people at the center? I really don’t know. I probably won’t finish the book I got from the library because it’s huge and because my best times for reading tend to be other people’s best times for podcasts/Netflix streaming/YouTube stuff. Scott generally does that while he’s moving around from one part of the house to another, cleaning, making his lunch, getting ready for bed, things like that, so it’s not like I can ask him to use earbuds.
It’s almost 3:00. The cleaning lady got here promptly at 2:00, but Cordelia’s friend has not yet arrived. I may need to email her mother and ask what’s up with that. Her being late is not terrible since the logistics of two kids in the house with the cleaning lady are challenging, but we were expecting her an hour ago and haven’t had any word. Now, I’m worried that there was some sort of email I was supposed to send her mother and haven’t and that that means she’s not coming.
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