Day 1839: Daylight savings time

Yesterday's work at the musical was so exhausting that we were worthless last evening.  With the time change, I slept till 9:30 and it felt wonderful.  For hours  today, I sat and read.  News mostly but also a book called The Secret Chord which is the story of King David written by Geraldine Brooks.  It's different from our usual choices and I really like it.  

One of the things I decided after the election was to broaden our circle of acquaintances, reach out to new people and invite different folks to dinner for rousing conversations.  It's been a successful endeavor that I plan to continue.  So much of my time over the years has been dedicated to kids or the book.  Now it's time to cultivate adult friendships.   Tonight's guests were our friends who are nearly self-sufficient and almost off the grid.  They produce most of their own food, use solar power and are careful to be environmentally conscious in every decision and purchase.  With such fascinating people as our guests, it was a stimulating evening.  

Tomorrow and Tuesday, more work on my book.  A big nor'easter is coming tomorrow and promises to drop a foot of snow by Wednesday evening so I'll be confined to the house.  Plus, the lighting designer starts work tomorrow so we will be closed out from working for a couple days.  The book goes back to the top priority.  I'm working on selecting photos so I must make a photo release form for each person in the pictures and get them to all the subjects for their signatures.  I'm also narrowing down the choices of photos for the cover.   I'll have to do some research on effective covers and also get some input from others.