Cosmology

It's odd that this should be the WOTD, because this morning I sat in bed gazing at the early-morning heavens, using my skyview app, and I could see planets and stars and the International space station, without stirring out of my warm bed. 
Now that is hardly cosmology, but I do love anything to do with the stars and planets. 

Maybe that's why my all-time favourite piece of music is The Planets (by Gustav Holst) and if you haven't heard it, you could find it a rewarding experience to shut yourself in a room and listen undisturbed. I have (somewhere) a film of the Fantasia ilk, where someone had made a film to go with The Planets. I have looked online, and I don't think the one I saw is the Ken Russell film, although it might be.  I will have to look for my DVD recording. 

A mild weekend is forecast, so we are looking forward to a bit more clearing-out of garage, although I have to work tomorrow morning.

Tonight I had a delicious fish and salad dinner, and a rare indulgence of a small glass of cider. Music from Steve Hackett, Steelye Span, The Doors, David Bowie, Wings, - a nice mixed bag. 

Maybe I should ask Neil to theme the music to the WOTD. He could have found quite a few for cosmology (indeed, we had Life on Mars). Now there's a thought for another day. 

Autodidact

I LOVE this word, it sounds so grand and important! An autodidact is a person who is self-taught, and my family is full of them. There's Ruth, who learns foreign languages for fun! There's Christopher, who delights in learning about English history, and always makes it sounds fascinating, not dull like it was at school. Paul loves to learn about long and complicated words and, what's more, can remember them and their meanings and will rattle off a few at the slightest prompt. 

Jacob has taught himself about running, and passes on his knowledge in an excellent blog 'Running Man' where he shares some of his excellent opinions. I suppose we all make an effort to teach ourselves what we can about the subjects that interest us - Julia and her sewing, KC and his breweries, although whether this would count as auto-didactic is open to question.

I can't think that autodidact applies to me in any way, but the word has made me think about my lovely family once more. And that has to be a GOOD THING

Most enjoyable day at work, achieving my goals. Happy to hear that my parcel reached its destination and looking forward to another successful week of food management.

Amative

Hey,  I'm back! WOTD today is 'amative'  which means amorous or disposed to love. I suppose this was bound to happen,  it being St Valentine's day.  But I have always hated the outrageous commercialisation of these traditional dates and Neil and I have never celebrated the day, believing that you don't need to wait until roses cost twice as much as normal and all the restaurants are full in order to declare your love. 
In fact,  today has been productive in a more mundane way.  Jacob spent a few hours decorating and I can see that the bathroom will be finished in a few more days.  We took a drive out with Dad and Tesco delivered my shopping.  I stuck to my diet and cleared up some paperwork.  
Neil made my dinner and loaded the dishwasher,  a surer way to my heart than with a card. So we are not particularly amative, but love is always present.