I've been playing around with my old oil paint supplies and making some DIY abstract paintings. It takes a couple of days to get it right, so we had to eat dinner in the midst of my mess this week. Ian was a bit annoyed and insisted on putting a placemat over the newsprint. The rest of us liked it, because we could read while eating dinner.
Apt. 11d 
Posting randomly here because I want to tell this story: I was at a meeting of a university-wide committee today, and during a break, I checked my Twitter feed and read the news that Chinua Achebe had died, and I told the group.
Blank stares. “Who?”
I am so depressed. I actually happen to be teaching one of his stories on Tuesday, coincidentally.
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Try to complete it, and post your painting in this blog, I will be back soon to watch your paintings.
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