On Teaching and Learning: April 2026 Journal and Blog Review

Saturday, October 17, 2026

From April 2026

Things to remember

Plumbing issue gets intolerable... water spurting from standpipe during each laundry cycle. We have $3500 of work done to send kitchen plumbing directly to sewer, sump pump out to N side of house, and laundry tub overhead ejection pit installed. Tomas the plumber; I had a jerry-rigged system to collect overflowing water. (all of the water was going from kitchen and laudry tub to the pit behind the house... then not getting into the under-house main sewer line))
Basement project - clean off wallpaper, painting walls with 2+ coats; scraping floor; work on making first flooring row straight despite big wall bulge

walks now are constant noticing of change - first this, firwt that of spring; surprising 12" of peony growth; rhubarb with complicated leaves emerge from black dirt
april 13 - in boxes by house plant 1 row arugula and 1 radish; in back garden , 2 rows peas, I row black simpson lettuce;
thick spring chorus 5:53 am

UC continues.. several nights wake up and on toilet of crumbs; still mucousy morning poops, pink swirls, pink tp

guitar - begin using first 10 mins as repertoire maintenance - play Bach 999 every day, then alternating between last two months' focus - Carcassi (on odd days) and Scarlatti ( on even days)
guitar - during the main chunk of time I'm wokring on Bach Suite 1006

in the daily log book, take notes through the day about what's happening; at the end of the day, circle specific items -- highlights each night
on p. 6, I started this list of "I have found that...." things that I have presonally found to be helpful... I have three lists of 10... not sure why some about GTD type things, some about creative/meditative things" some about DIY and fruitsliv... are these
on p. 7 I begin a list of "My default settings"... input mode, inertia, nap, call it a night at 8 pm
also start a list of "what I want" (in life in general)
p. 8 - make a list of GTD systems for myself - night time shutting down, morning start up, throughout the day (they look good to me!)

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