Fuzzy-headed and slow today after the second dose, as I expected. Feeling a little better this evening, though I’ve got the hint of a very mild headache.

Finished rereading Post Captain by Patrick O’Brian. Master & Commander was good, but this book is where O’Brian really started to figure out what he was doing.

Got my second vaccine dose.

Tonight’s kitchen victory: lapin à la bourguignonne (rabbit Burgundy), two loaves of country bread with Breton butter, and choux à la crème (cream puffs).

Tonight’s kitchen failure: While steaming potatoes, I let the water boil away, and scorched the pot (incidentally ruining the potatoes).

We saw the fledgling robin stumbling around in the front yard a couple days ago. No sign since.

Finished rereading Master & Commander by Patrick O’Brian. It’s a little longer than most of the other 19 (!) books in the series, a little less tightly-focused, but still very enjoyable.

This afternoon on our way to Tom and Mari’s, we saw a red-tailed hawk carrying an unidentifiable animal part, and an osprey carrying a fish.

The kids just got their first vaccine doses.

My unpopular opinion: I read The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu, trans. Ken Liu, and while the premise was intriguing, I super did not love the story, and have no interest in reading the rest.

A robin couple has made a nest in the juniper tree next to our front window. No sign of hatchlings yet.

Mom came over for dinner on Saturday, and we went over to see Meghan’s mom and family on Sunday.

My long walk journal has posted a full month already! Today’s entry was day 31, from le Minihic-sur-Rance to Saint-Malo on the English Channel.

Finished reading The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers. I loved this series; I don’t know if “cozy sci-fi” is a genre, but this would anchor it. Lots of explorations of family and community.

Finished rereading Seven Surrenders by Ada Palmer, the second book of the series.

Interesting: When I started rereading the first book, I had forgotten most of it, but it came back to me as I was reading it. This book, though, I felt like there were whole chapters I was reading for the first time. Really enjoyed it, though! She undercut her “I am writing about only the best people” shtick at the end — a little later than I’d’ve liked, but I’ll take it. Looking forward to book three.