[ Sunday, March 26, 2006 ]
Been attending showings at the Ann Arbor Film Festival. A lot of quality programming this year, fewer trials of patience.
Last night, my sister and I went to a hall party thrown by a guy we went to community college with. It was the first time she'd seen some of them since that era. I last got together with them when one of our number was moving down to New Orleans six years ago. And as infrequent as we meet, it's still more often than I see people from high school.
S [11:55 AM]
[ Sunday, March 12, 2006 ]
Assisted cantoring at liturgy this morning...but on to better things.
Today was such a spring-like day! Sunny and the first day you didn't need a jacket outside. I had to do something outdoors, so I headed to Lake Erie Metropark. Decided to get the annual pass ($20), because it's likely I'll visit four more times before the year is out (a day pass $4).
I had most of the woodland nature trail to myself. The chipped path was dauntingly covered with pools of water, but I made it through getting my feet minimally wet.
Phragmites is really changing the wetland area. It's pushing out the cattails and ruining the views because it grows taller than the elevated walkways.
Here's how it looks by the mock boat house. 
- Another area with mainly cattails.
- The paper mentioned gizzard shad dying in Ecorse Creek. Some have drifted down this way; you can see a few in the foreground. Officials say that rapid change in temperature causes them to die off. In this industrialized area, others arent' so sure.
S [10:04 PM]
[ Wednesday, March 08, 2006 ]
I went to church this evening prepared to read the epistle. Instead, it suddenly fell to me to cantor the whole Presanctified Liturgy. Our cantor has switched to another parish because her husband, a deacon, was transferred. This is going to be a pain for me. There are only two others who can cantor: one is new and needs his confidence built; the other elderly and tuneless. Gaa!
S [10:07 PM]
