A two-dwarf day (Sleepy & Sneezy)

Cold worsened again yesterday, so I stayed home, sleeping or sneezing as seemed best. Made a big pot of chicken soup. Not really one of my better batches of the stuff (too much celery), but the onion, garlic, black pepper, and jalapeño helped to clear out my sinuses a bit. In spite of more coughing, am feeling better today.

Leaf color 'round here currently covers the spectrum from red to green to purple, with all the brown ones getting blown off in today's winds. A cluster of yellow-gold trees won over my heart. Gorgeous weather for a walk. Didn't do very much walking since resting seemed more important for my health, but even a little bit spent out in the sun and the wind and the falling leaves was time well spent.

A link found via a local Time Lord: The Nietzsche Family Circus.


Out of damp and gloomy days, out of solitude,
out of loveless words directed at us,
conclusions grow up in us like fungus:
one morning they are there, we know not how,
and they gaze upon us, morose and gray.
Woe to the thinker who is not the gardener
but only the soil of the plants that grow in him.

And I wish I'd noticed the "permalink" option before saving the cartoon to another space. Oh well.