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Yesterday's wedding was wonderful, and i came away with on blister, and eggplant and being on my feet for hours. Christine looked lovely but had gotten very distressing professional email right before hand and, in her words, had the wind knocked out of her.

So that was 9:30 to 3:45 out of the house.

I read the rest of Lavinia, and should very much enjoy reading similar historical period pieces. While La Guin's novel has some beauty in it that can be ascribed to her homage to Virgil and some appeal that is due to La Guin's sensibilities, i think i'd still find other work that tries to be as true to archaeological or anthropological understandings rewarding.

http://www.rmki.kfki.hu/~lukacs/WHYROME.htm is a curious piece of work. After spending some time skimming the 'net, i think i should find a nice contemporary archaeological and anthropological summary of the pre and early Rome period.

*looks at books beside bed*

Or not. I'm not lacking for things to read.

I think i'm skipping Meeting this morning and will slowly assemble my week ahead.

I'm very happy with the effect of the topical steroid for my mouth that i took last evening, and soaking my fingers in epsom water seems to have helped with the infections under my fingernails: i'll find another book to read while soaking today. (Did i not mention the tiny but painful infections? ( TMI )

I don't know what's going on but i'm clearly susceptible to infection right now). My ring finger, now diagnosed as Dyshidrotic eczema, has a cluster of blisters near the top knuckle. I feel clear that my wedding ring isn't the main cause (flares have cleared and then returned without me wearing the ring) so i'm keeping it on, unless the blisters expand a good bit more.

So, i do have a stack of annual medical things to do, appointments to make with my body therapist. I still want to stay free of a dental cleaning: i could not take the pain right now.

I have a great deal of work-financial stuff to take care of: meeting registrations, ACM membership, and the expenses of these last two trips.

That's enough, quite enough, for today.

Except i think i'm going to make a mild Baba ghanoush derivative, with microwaved eggplant, tahini, a dash of lemon juice & salt (less than i would normally like), powdered onion and maybe a dash of cumin. I could also make hummus. And then make some very soft almojábana (a soft corn flour and cheese bread) that i can use as vehicle for the hummus and baba ghanoush. I think the Central American corn flavors will stand nicely with the Levantine flavors.

Then i will stuff my face. YUM.

Also, polenta. I should make polenta today.

One silver lining for leaving behind wheat is that it has pushed me into dietary adventures that have been delightfully rewarding.