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Cool today! Temperatures staying down today. No sun! Grayness is upon us!

Symptoms a bit more active today linked, definitely, to the colder air and many drafts. Using the small heater to knock off the chill, but have been running it all day so far.

Eating warm today. Had oatmeal for breakfast, cheese and toast for snack, and some curry for lunch. Cooked up a pot of rice. Will have veges and rice for dinner. Lots of focus on food, it seems. My body seems to be craving foods--all kinds of stuff--as if it needs almost constant stoking. As Rebecca noted, I don't have to worry about the calories since I'm still trying to gain back some of my lost weight.

The city's tree trimming entourage was across the street this morning. They whacked the trees back, exposing the apartments there--they were hidden in the foliage. Now they're much more visible, but they will get more light. Tree trimmers are a noisy bunch. They had chain saws, trucks, chippers, and other devices that made for a heavy din. They also weren't all that quick about it. Cut some, rest some, rest some, cut some! Short flurries of activities and then big breaks.

Well, I think it's about rest/nap time. Time for my break! Ho, ho, ho!
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Rested and slept some. Groggy, foggy day. Just want to curl up and rest/sleep. Didn't take a walk this morning--didn't want to leave the heated comfort to go walk in the cold dampness. Still don't feel much like moving around today. Just feel like eating as I mentioned earlier.

Still reading the Goodall biography. She's gotten married and has had a child, but doesn't appear to have slowed down at all. She's being recognized for her endeavours and is starting to glean the increased support needed to create a permanent site.

I'm having trouble thinking that it's a "wild" chimpanzee project since she has used "provisioning" to keep the chimps coming back to the observation areas and her camp. They are no longer, in my opinion, "wild," but acclimated to the "pale" chimps, food sources, and cameras. But, what do I know?

The time frame is now early 60's to early 70's, around the decade when I started finding my way through schools, jobs, marriages, and such. I keep reading what she's doing, and when, and thinking back on what I was doing at those times--nothing as full and complete as she was managing to accomplish.

Ah, well! What she did is still inspiring, even though it reminds me of how much I've done over those same sets of years. But, we know what the Buddha says about comparisons--that they are little deaths! Compared to what?