Day 32: Hooker Day Parade

Day 31: Another Wedding

Melaina!

Day 30: I Rent a Car

Day 28: Dogs, dogs, dogs

Day 25: Kayaking

Old friends came to visit for a kayaking trip down the Farmington River. A few thoughts:

The smell of wet leaves surprises me every October.

Yellow leaves, just fallen into the Farmington River, look like the stacks of gold everyone is wishing for. But if I try to pan them, I'll just have a handful of wet leaves. They are precious underwater only. The guide says, "Next year's moss."

A small white spider is on my leg, then my finger. I can tell by the way his legs pull backwards that he’s afraid of the little splashes I’m making with my paddle. I stop paddling, intentionally drift towards a dry branch to put him on. I extend my finger towards the branch, but just as my kayak is about to crash into this shallow brambles, I am gripped by a sudden fear of falling behind the group, beaching my boat, and the spider itself. I shake my finger and it’s gone, into the water. I hope desperately that the distance to the branch isn’t too far for my spider. I know he probably will drown. I remember many of the spiders I’ve accidentally killed, each one a record of how cruel my bumbling can be.

Yesterday I was dazzled by the leaves, when I had only myself to prove Connecticut’s beauty to. But today my friends are here and everything seems duller. I have the urge to say, “isn’t this beautiful?” even though I feel everything in Connecticut is better when I see it only with my own eyes.

Day 21: Elizabeth Park

Day 20: Steam & Movie

city steam interview... ?... Man on Wire

Day 19: Homebody...

Cooking, organizing, cvs, gym...

Day 18: Improv take 2

Improv, city steam, whirlyball, ct directions

Day 17: Long Island Wedding!

When Connecticut dwellers leave Connecticut to marry each other on Long Island!

Day 16: CT Wedding

train to NYC (train/bus system)

Day 15: A Friend Blind Date

Steph, etc

Day 14: Wadsworth

Wadsworth, gold building

Day 13: Death...

Cemetery lecture and Greg's traveler's graduation

Day 12: Black Eyed Sally's

Day 11: Improv

Sunset on the roof and improv class

Day Ten: Country visit

Ice cream, etc

Day Nine: Assembly

Assembling IKEA furniture, saw Midsummer

Day Eight: IKEA by myself

Day Seven: West Hartford

Biked around West Hartford