On death and dying...
Uplifting title? Not really, but hey, it's what's going on here. First of all, Superman died yesterday. To a kid who pretended to be the caped crusader and put back together the dam after it broke from the earthquake, this is devastating news. Next, Jacques Derrida died as well. To a seminarian, this is sad, too.Then there is the mouse. Calvin got into the barn on Saturday and almost immediately had a lifeless mouse in his mouth that only a few seconds earlier was gathering nuts for winter. Oh wait, those are squirrels. But there is good news. The mouse lives. At 3:30 this morning, Margaret and I were awakened from our slumber because our living room light turned on, by itself. Two minutes later, it turned itself off. My diagnosis? The ghost of the mouse. Calvin was asleep in the living room, directly under the light when it came on. I think the mouse is sending him a message that he may be gone, but he is by no means forgotten.
When I sat down to do homework this afternoon, the assignment for my bioethics course was to write out my living will and plan my funeral service. Then I am to write a 3-4 page paper about the experience. How do you stretch "utterly depressing" into 3 pages?
In other news, Margaret continues to exhibit her skill in the kitchen. Last night she made fettucine shrimp alfredo, all from scratch. Except the shrimp. Well, the noodles also. Okay, she made the sauce from scratch and added shrimp and noodles. Delicious.
The parents (mine) are coming to NJ on Wednesday, on to our house on Thursday. We're looking forward to it in ways they cannot understand. We'd also welcome anyone else who wants a Fall trip to see the leaves and us (not necessarily in that order).
Still breathing (thankfully)-
J,M,C
posted by John and Mag @ 6:26 PM
1 Comments:
well, happy monday topics for you. i'm so sad about superman. i'm eating crackers and fruit to tide me over and through to the other side of my ashtanga yoga class, when i fully intend to eat more. the painter started in full force yesterday. he informed me this morning that we should see a vast difference in our house when we get home tonite. let's hope it's a good difference. it's clear and cool here in north texas. and by cool, i mean 67. that's right. 67 degrees in october. folks, we may have us a fall in texas afterall. the cats are alive and jumping. mom and dad had the privilege of meeting and greeting the three. simian [the newest] has found a way to hang off our front door handle in an attempt to open and enter the door. it's extremely amusing to hear and watch as we open the door to a kitten hanging on. ed and dad tried to capture it on film to no avail. we'll keep trying. must run to sun salutations. namaste. [spelling and meaning unknown to me] loves! jick
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