Friday, April 27
5:20 am
It is +7 °C, with a high forecast of +6 °C.
From the Environment Canada website:
Today Cloudy. Rain beginning early this morning. Amount 10 to 15 mm. Wind west 50 km/h gusting to 70. Temperature steady near 6.
Tonight Cloudy with 60 percent chance of rain showers or flurries. Wind northwest 30 km/h gusting to 50. Low plus 2.
5:30 am Musings
Winter is back. No snow, but no temperature either.
No change to my weight as well. But I am feeling energized. Weird, but I'll take it. I really think the introduction of even a minor workout is making a difference. I can feel a slight tightening in my abdominal region. I remain an optimist. Surely it isn't just gas. Given the weather, I may try returning to the center and spend some time on the treadmill. I'm curious to see what type of workout that provides.
Priority two is still to complete the web pages for our Australian trip.
Priority three is emerging. I have identified the book I was thinking of as a result of our visit with the Fitzgeralds in Canberra. It is:
Aptitudes and instructional methods : a handbook for research on interactions / by Lee J. Cronbach and Richard E. Snow. Even better, there is a copy in the university library. I note that my library privileges have expired. Next step is to set this up. While in the building I want to have a look at a 2004 article in Educational and Psychological Measurement.
12:30 PM Cooking
The Annabel Langbein book, "The Free Range Cook" has just arrived. This is the first time I tried ordering from a private seller (in the US) as a result of following a link on amazon.com . I spent some time looking at this book while in Australia and was very impressed, both from a design as well as a content perspective. Now to begin some serious reading ...
5:00 PM Birding
I added two more days to my March web pages for our time in Australia. The time sink is reviewing the bird photos. Nonetheless I was able to cull out most of the photos of blurry tree branches, and add a few photos of some shore birds.
6:00 PM Cooking
We are eating healthy. Today we made a large batch of mushroom soup. I had bought a 500g package of sliced brown mushrooms a few days ago, thinking they would make a nice side dish, but we needed to use them before they began to spoil. Delicious. And with the inclusion of so many mushrooms, it was another hearty meal with a side of hearth bread.