Day 72 Monday 5/25/20 COVID LOCKDOWN

Monday 5/25/20 

Weather - defying expectations beautiful

AM doing work for college

LUNCH Ham and cheese sandwich

DINNER Steak, peppers, leftover pasta

Day 71 Sunday 5/26.20 COVID LOCKDOWN

Sunday, May 26, 2020

Weather - another beautiful lake day, rain and winds forecast for tonight

10:00 AM Zoom Wesley service

11:45 AM Zoom COVID meeting

LUNCH: leftover subs, pasta

weeding front garden, lazy day with an afternoon nap
 
DINNER: hamburgers, hotdogs, salad with beer

Sunset - waxing crescent moon with Venus towards NW horizon and Mercury right in between

8 PM Zoom - MDBC -called in

 

Day 70 Saturday 5/23/20 COVID LOCKDOWN

Saturday May 23, 2020

Weather: beautiful day after rain Friday night

LUNCH: ham and cheese sandwiches



5 PM Happy hour with Scotch gin - spicy and wonderful
DINNER: Pasta w mozzarella, tomato, and basil, Seven Deadly Zins....

campfire with Riffanburgs

Day 69 Friday 5/22/20 COVID LOCKDOWN

Friday, May 22, 2020

8 -10 AM Zoom ACS meeting - setting forth an agenda for action

 LUNCH: leftover chicken noodle soup

2 PM  left for lake, pick up order from Pasta e Basta and hotspot from Cathy, then back to house to pick up some left at home items, left town closer to 2:45 PM


7 PM on Friday - arrive at Lake

DINNER: chicken parmigianna and meatball subs, beer

Day 68 Thursday 5/21/20 COVID LOCKDOWN and Sarah's Birthday

Thursday May 21, 2020

Weather: beautiful day

9 AM - Noon Zoom - Faculty Meeting

10:30 AM - quick break to say HB to Sarah

LUNCH: 

1 PM Zoom - CAS meet with student leaders
2 PM Zoom - CAS meet to do triage afterward....

3 PM Zoom - Amanda Folsom - Mathematics

DINNER: 

7 PM Zoom - Transition Team

Day 67 Wednesday 5/20/20 COVID LOCKDOWN

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Weather - picture perfect spring day - not a cloud in the sky

9 AM SCSC - moving back into building

10 AM CHEM dept meeting

 LUNCH: leftover chicken mole

12:30 Covid Meeting with Jesse Barba

1:30 Covid Meeting with academic support - writing, quantitative center, library, museum, etc.

Took a long walk with Rich to enjoy the glorious late afternoon light - saw a family of geese with three goslings.  Foal is doing well 

DINNER: Spaghetti and meatballs

CHOIR - sang HB to Ginny, sent off to France

Day 66 Tuesday 5/19/20 COVID LOCKDOWN

Tuesday, May 19 2020

 Weather - Looked beautiful - was indoors all day

AM cleaning up gradebook on Moodle


NOON: Lunch: chicken salad

12:30 - 2:30  PM Ad Hoc Committee on Academic Structures during COVID-19 - meeting with faculty with care responsibilities

4 PM Chemistry Dept. Meeting

5 PM - chatted with Sheila 

short walk with Rich to clear the head - saw a teeny tiny hummingbird sitting in a tree

DINNER: chicken Mole - Yummy if I do say so myself

 

Day 65 Monday 5/18/20 COVID LOCKDOWN

Monday May 18, 2020

weather -  a bit cloudy

finished up grading in the AM, grades were due at 9 AM.  Got them in by about 10 AM...sent off individual letters to all the special topics guys.. scheduled for 8 AM

10:20 AM Zoom with girls

 LUNCH: leftover pizza

cleaning up my course stuff - trying to get the Moodle grades set up.

2:30 PM Zoom with Cathy  - BCBP stuff

walk close to 7 PM - saw a beautiful hummingbird.....

DINNER: leftover steak with pesto chimichurra sauce, hash browns, corn

Day 64 Sunday 5/17/20 COVID LOCKDOWN

Sunday, May 17, 2020

Weather: gorgeous day, sunny and cool 

Wesley service at 10 AM great service about Holy Spirit the one who is always with us
Stop looking for and start looking

COVID meeting

LUNCH - smoked turkey cold cuts with avocado/fresh bread

GRADING for the rest of the day  

DINNER - roast chicken, cous cous, broccoli

talked with Janet O'Hara - Mrs Nachman doing much better.

needed to skip ladies meeting - 

Day 63 Saturday 05/16/20 COVID LOCKDOWN

Saturday  May 16, 2020

 Weather: glorious sunshine 72oF

• 9:30 AM - Transition Workship

LUNCH - tuna salad

• getting Saturday Bread going
• cleaning bedroom

GRADING GRADING GRADING]

• 4 PM Photos and walk at the College

Sheila and Rajesh

Helen, Ken, Chris, David, Mark around the War Memorial

Cherry Blossoms along the Mead Hill

Mead Hill and Campus Center

Apple Blossoms along Ford Hall

Plum Blossoms along New Dorms

DINNER - steak, asparagus, potatoes AND BREAD

Forkish's Saturday White Bread - YUM!!!

Day 62 Friday 05/15/20 COVID LOCKDOWN

HB to Julia

Friday, May 15, 2020 - Julia's Birthday!!!!

Weather, not a bad day, but a HUGE wind/lightning and thunderstorm at 8 PM

• 8 AM Ad Hoc Committee on Academic Structures - meeting with Mount Holyoke Faculty (moved office upstairs)
• 10:00 AM Call Caroline
• 10:30 AM Zooming with Zeynep
• 12:00 PM Emily Dickinson Poetry Walk

LUNCH - grazing

• 2:00 PM Charlie Banforth ACS Beer Turbitity
• 3:30 PM ChemSocial

Beautiful Walk down to Farm checking on baby colt.
DINNER - Margherita Pizza - conversation  till the crazy storm 

Day 61 Thursday 05/14/20 COVID LOCKDOWN

Thursday, May 14, 2020

Weather: I cannot remember

GRADING GRADING GRADING

• Noon: ad Hoc Committee on AS during Covid:  Meeting with Science Chairs

I am sure I did other things on this day, but with no photos and no significant emails, I can't remember........... 


GRADING GRADING GRADING ===== finished papers







DINNER: chili and rice
 

Day 60 Wednesday 5/13/2020 COVID LOCKDOWN

Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Weather: sunny and chilly

10:30 AM Zoom with girls in the AM
11 AM - 1 PM ACS Covid meeting 

LUNCH: avocado, turkey sandwich

 grading the Final Projects......

DINNER: chocolate chili, rice 

Two bluebirds in the tranc outside the tree....

Day 59 Tuesday, 5/12/2020 COVID LOCKDOWN

Tuesday, 5/12 2020

Weather: beautiful but chilly

 AM Zoom for the ACS meeting,

Off to the post-office to mail packages for Sarah and Julia and Senator Coons

LUNCH: turkey sandwhich, chips

PM quick walk out to the farm

Work on BCBP chairs memo, note to students

Getting.a start on the FORUM grades for CHEM100, having trouble with downloading the Final projects

DINNER: roasted cauliflower  w. pasta

had an aborted CHOIR call - thinking it was Wednesday

Children (with PPE) visiting with the new foal

 

Day 58 Monday 5/11/20 COVID LOCKDOWN

I spy a Baltimore Oriole in the Quince - Take 1

Monday, May 11, 2020

Weather: sunny AM, clouds and rain, then sun, then clouds and rain in PM 

 Beautiful day for an AM walk.

I spy a Baltimore Oriole in the Quince - Take 2

I spy a Baltimore Oriole in the Quince - Take 3 - can't miss this one.

One brand new pony rolling in dirt and sunshine

Firefly meadow in early spring morning

Indigo Bunting stopping by to say hi -

Day 57 Sunday 5/10/20 COVID LOCKDOWN

Sunday, Mother's Day May 10, 2020

Weather: Quite chilly and grey

Breakfast in Bed - cider donuts,  yogurt and granola, coffee - 8 AM out of a deeeeeeep sleeeeeep

Zoom - Wesley UMC Church Service -

Zoom - COVID Leadership

LUNCH: Quiche

PM - crosswords puzzles, reading, began Audible..

Calls with Sarah and Becca - Facetime

Zoom - Mother Book Club

Day 56 Saturday 5/9/20 COVID LOCKDOWN

Saturday May 9, 2020

Weather, blustery, scattered clouds, cold

• AM Turkey show
• CVS, picking up photos, a bit of shopping
• Gerry Harvey - masks, picked some beautiful flowers
• Maple Street pansies, 2 flats
• NorthEast St., hanging plant, asparagus

LUNCH-  quiche

• Meeting with Girls
• Order from Instacart arrives
• Take groceries off to Cathy Bennett 
• Ride over South Amherst, Hadley

DINNER- leftover, asparagus, palm patties, risotto

• PM Emily Ma’s summa letter
• Movie, Elizabeth with Cate Blanchett, Doc Martin

  

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Day 55 Friday 5/8/20 COVID LOCKDOWN

Friday May 8, 2020

 Weather: showers, partly cloudy, chilly

• Recommendation Letter for AS
• Recommendation Letter for AL
• Finish Soon Young Thesis reviews
• Finish Maya's Thesis reviews
• Finish Amanda's Thesis reviews

Bard Owl siting by Eddie M - bird all over the place today
 
LUNCH: peanut butter and jelly sandwich

• Read through surveys in prep for ACS Meeting
• Zoom 2:30 - 4:43 PM ACS Team

Walk with Rich east on Shutesbury Rd. to down to Cowl's road - explored down there a bit.
 
Cocktails: to the music of Signature Sounds ---

 

http://www.signaturesounds.com/

Kris Delmhorst on April 20, 2020

DINNER:  leftover squash ravioli and tomato salad

Talked with Cathy Bennett on phone

Rain starts in PM, 

TV (Amazon Prime: WORLD ON FIRE, and UPLOAD)

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Day 54 Thursday 5/7/20 COVID LOCKDOWN

Thursday, May 7, 2020 COVID LOCKDOWN

Weather: Partly Sunny and chilly

• AM: Drove Cathy to CDH for CAT scan (later learned news was mixed)

LUNCH: ham and cheese, panini-ed

• Recommendation Letters x 2
• Sent off Bio to Herve This for Handbook

Walk down to Henry Street for a different view....

• Soon Young thesis comments 
• Zeke Emanuel '79 CHEM; Bioethicist at AC Town Hall by Zoom 5 PM

DINNER: Heart of Palm Frittatas , Garlic Aioli, Mushroom Risotto

apres dinner, ordered hair products and photo magnets from CVS  - will be available Fri

TV

Day 53 Wednesday 05/06/20 COVID LOCKDOWN

Wednesday, May 6, 2020

Weather: gray in the AM, clearing, but a little chilly

Wrote to Catherine, yes for membership on the Ad Hoc Committee on Reopening the College in the Face of Covid  - will I regret this?????

Off to Home Depot in the AM to pick up Liquid Fence to keep the deer off our Hosta, landscaping cloth, and picture hangers.

Stopped at Waynzk Farm plant stand to pick up flowers, but instead bought herbs

• Zoom w. our Denver Girls 10:30 AM 
• Zoom CHEM dept meeting 12-2 (also ahead of time to do spreadsheet for Teaching Assistants for next year - over 70 signed up, need about 30 - good choices for CHEM 151 - but----are we teaching labs in the Fall?????)

LUNCH: left over Mexican food

A tiny bit of garden work.... make and then spray coleus with Liquid Fence

Walk with Rich at 3:30 PM to visit baby colt, stopped in to Ancient Ponies Farm, communal place with duck and chicken eggs and picked up a workshop brochure.  Mushroom and bee farming, chinese herbs - super interesting.

DINNER: Made ravioli with butternut squash, caramelized onion, and Peccorino Romano with Chicken Andouille sausage

• Zoom with Choir Family

 Made plans to go with Cathy to CDH to get CAT scan tomorrow 9:30 AM

Day 52 Tuesday 05/04/20 COVID LOCKDOWN

May 5, 2020 Cinquo de Mayo

Weather, cloudy in the AM, cleared up later - still a bit cold

• Zoom - 10 AM Kat and Kashew - saying good-bye 

LUNCH: ham and cheese sandwich with apples

• Zoom - 1:30 AM with Cathy - BCBP (Cathy's Zoom didn't work, so phone call)
• check in with advisees
• WUMC - Carol White needs wipes and lysol - trying to get that to her, Beth will help
• WUMC - Cathy Bennet gets CAT scan on Thursday

Outdoor pick up - raking leaves, picking onion invasives, raking up, sweeping

Saw a LARGE shadow overhead, quick look up and saw what looked like a large white owl flying off into the distance.  Robins have set up two nests under the sunroom - should we worry about that?

Guac and Chips on the front porch - sort of.....

DINNER - Chipotle order for Happy Cinqo do Mayo, which we looked up and is NOT Mexican Independence Day but a celebration of a battle they won at all odds against the French in 1830 something....

Day 51 Monday 5/4/20. COVID LOCKDOWN

Monday, May 4, 2020  (Star Wars Days)

Weather: mostly sunny, a bit cooler than yesterday

My day

• This is the day for the final project presentations for CHEM100.
• Zoom 10:30 AM Family
• Zoom 11:00 AM Thesis Grade for Soon Young Shimadzu - and with faculty afterward

LUNCH - salad with tuna

• Zoom 1:00 -3:00 PM with class
• Zoom 3:00 PM CHRIS to Assess

 mini walk to Steele Farm - checking in on young colt, goats, and today sheep are also out.  Spent some time weeding onion invasives.

Baby Colt and Mare; sheep and goats

New ferns along Shutesbury Rd

Meadows in spring greens

DINNER - leftover stew, rice and salad with palm hearts

• Zoom 7 PM SPRC  

ROKU - UPLOAD   

Davy 50 Sunday 5/3/20 COVID LOCKDOWN

May 3, 2020

Weather, beautiful again - high 70s

Free flowers for Neighbors

Depth Gauge in Mosquito Creek

Wild Trillium in Forest

Flowering Quince

Daffodils and a wooden Bench

Wesley Service at 10 AM Prayers and Concerns - Sarah's Aunt died of COVID, will hold Memorial Service by Zoom in PM; 

COVID Leadership 11:30 AM

LUNCH - wacky leftovers

Walk in PM - such a beautiful day, met Sylvia, first home at left, told us about quince (not azalea, lived in NYC on upper West side before moving to Western MA

DINNER - smoked chicken, roasted butternut squash, gnocchi

PM Susan Werner and Dar Williams FACETIME

Day 49 Saturday 5/2/20 COVID LOCKDOWN

May 2, 2020

Weather: beautiful, warm and sunny - finally!

AM Planning with Rich for house projects

Went for a walk, saw newborn colt, met Zoe's Mom - told us about plans for Neighborhood Garden, goat milk, cheese, etc.

Zoomed with girls. - feeling rather glum about not seeing them for most likely months if not a year.

Mom and New Foal - less than 24 hours old

More work

Off to College to pick up distilled water, Molecular Gastronomy hats, t-shirt and mug for Senator Coons, checked in on offices, etc.
Dropped cap off at Chris
Over to Cathy Bennett to drop off hotspot

 DINNER leftover Chinese

Modelling Laurie's new masks

Pat and Rich with new masks

Onawumi Storytelling evening









Movie - 

Day 48 Friday 5/1/20 COVID LOCKDOWN

May 1, 2020 Happy May Day?????

Weather: stormy rainy windy day - clearing 

Zoom 8 AM Zeynep

Phone Call: Sleep Services

Zoom 11:30  AM India
Zoom 12 PM Ava
Zoom 1:30 PM Tom

Chair's Meeting 3 PM

Zoom 4 PM Caroline
Zoom 5 PM Chris

Oriental Flavors 7:30 PM Great!!!!

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