i’m sorry, i just don’t know

Today mom and I went to the flower market that was just outside our hotel.  I’ve never seen so many lovely blooms in one place.  Did you know there are dark red hydrangeas?  And here, you can get an amazing arrangement of roses, lilies, and astilbe for 12 euro?  In the states, that same arrangement would cost nearly $60.  It was lovely.  We moved from there to the “clothing” market, which was just fabric… lots and lots of lovely lovely lovely fabric.  It was wonderful.  I found the fabric for my new kitchen curtains that my mom will likely have to make.  From there we went to the church where a choir and orchestra was practicing a Bach concert.  I’ve never heard lovlier music.

This morning I met with Paul Kirschner (a.k.a. angel of mercy) who has helped me come out of my dissertation writing funk.  In a true display of cognitive apprenticeship, he intends to help me actually wade through the last bits of my PhD work (or, if you want to look at things differently… through the REAL bits of my PhD work).  For the first time in months, I feel unblocked and free to write away.  I intend to start as soon as I get home.