who only by moving can balance

Reading. The Sad Bastard Cookbook (Rachel A. Rosen & Zilla Novikov, with illustrations by Marten Norr), in full, finally. I think I am mostly not currently at a life stage where it is going to be in regular use but I'm glad to have it as a fallback (... and it's just occurred to me that I'd only actually need to scrawl some minor additions on for it to turn into the Emergency Foods List that's been on my todo stack for, uh, probably somewhere over a year at this point, I'm not going back through my notebooks to check...)

I continue to plod through Otherlands (Thomas Halliday). I have made it to the Devonian (407 Mya). This week it has prompted enthusiasm about creatures and a rant about analogies for plate tectonics.

I have caught up with the Dicebox Patreon since about September! And been delighted!

Thus far I have only sort of skimmed the first half, but the British Pain Society's Understanding and Managing Long-term Pain is surprisingly not infuriating. (I am trying not to let this nudge me straight into the pit of despair about Nothing I Have To Say Is Novel Or Interesting.)

Writing. A few more notes re pain; See Preceding.

... a tiny poem-fragment? Extremely rough insomniac post-midnight tapped-out-on-phone extremely first draft. Might revisit. Definitely gently chewing on what I want to do with that first image, which is not yet actually talking about linen worn very nearly through, translucent.

The moment just before the fabric tears The final breath gives way to death The foot forgets to fall; the unexpected Jar when, instead of air, there's stair; The stare that isn't - yet - contempt: Let me rest here. Before. Before, again, all twists once more beyond repair.

Watching. Farscape 1.08. Not yet good. Platonic example of the kinky British villain. I did in fact turn to A and say "... did they run out of costume budget. are people bringing their own personal weekend wardrobes in. is there ANY other explanation for this."

Playing. Finished Pixel! Enjoyed it a lot! Continue baffled by the concept of puzzle glue.

Cooking. Two new-to-me recipes, both out of East! Kinda meh on the roasted paneer aloo gobi; we were both surprised by how into the double rainbow salad we were.

The last of the Decorative Gourds have been turned into green Thai curry.

Eating. PANETTONE. I bought a giant cut-price panettone in a ridiculous box for which I have no actual earthly use. Even cut-price it was still Expensive. I am very glad to be trying it but I think I actually preferred one of the other options (which had sold out by the time The January Sale hit, alas).

Growing. Have still not actually inventoried and then ordered seeds. Am contemplating 'Strawberry Popcorn' despite the failure of my last attempt to pop home-grown corn.

Observing. One of the squirrels bouncing around the lawn, very slowly, half-heartedly digging a bit at each stop and spectacularly failing to find the things it clearly has a vague instinctual half-memory of maybe having buried...