Sunday August 22

We succeeded in our goals of making a scripture cake (moist, slightly spicy, studded with fruit and nuts) and going for a hike. For our hike, in fact, we climbed up the head of Sleeping Giant Mountain in Connecticut, near Matt's boyhood home. It's a beautiful reservation, complete with an old quarry (which I tried to climb).

Next week we will try to get through the Ace of Diamonds: Translate three poems from foreign languages (one each and one together). The language lines are tentatively drawn as one German (Matt), one Latin (me) and one Spanish (tag team). Expect translations next week. Likely candidates include Goethe, Horace and Neruda, I think.