Resuming

Back from some minor DC tourism.  Saw early cherry blossoms, more white than pink, but a lot of them.  Many iconic buildings, national treasures in architecture and in heritage.  Some working buildings too, but hardly anyone who works in them.  And sites open to the international public.  Only went into the Smithsonian Natural History Museum, where I could spend many hours gazing at what they have and admiring the people whose knowledge and insight teased out the meaning of now extinct animals and the chemical compositions of crystals.  And hardly saw a smidgen of what they had displayed.

Some parts of culture too.  Lunch trucks, a sculpture garden, zero MAGA hats.

Now resuming my routines, perhaps slightly more tired than I expected to be.  Treadmill, Pesach prep, tidying interior spaces, crosswords, OLLI classes.  Thought I might be more eager to return to purposeful activity after the short respite, but maybe as OLLI resumes in the coming week, the customary routines will follow.