This Thursday was a very full day. It began with a major meeting to determine the graduation list for the weekend convocation. Later the internship orientation wound up for the incoming group and we celebrated with a stone soup lunch -- everyone brings an ingredient -- it is a fun twist on the potluck lunch. During the afternoon, preparations for the post-convocation ceremony tea were organized. This event brings faculty members, students and families together, often for the first time. I enjoy this time to meet people and to say goodbye to our graduating students. In between these tasks there were some software glitches that needed work-arounds, trying to plan meetings for next week and for tomorrow. The evening involved finalizing the tax return.
Looking at that list, I understand why I felt I was heading in several directions at once -- often like the wind was blowing me in a direction other than I'd planned for that moment. While walking back from a meeting, the bits of snow that had been in the air had brought along all their relatives and it became a bit blustery. Nothing was staying on the ground then, but about 30 minutes later when I looked outside, visibility was greatly reduced -- seeing the building across the parking lot was tricky -- and there was a white covering on the grass. When I left the office at supper time, no traces of white were to be found. Blue patches were visible between clouds, though the temperature was still quite chilly. Spring weather can be so unpredictable and unexpected.
The arrival of white ground covering, even temporarily, got many people thinking of warmer climes and beaches. There were frustrated comments in the hallway outside my office during the snowiness. The song for today deals with this thought of warmness and the feeling of being moved along by the wind. I do like this singer's voice. Enjoy!
Shores of White Sand -- Emmylou Harris
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