Woke up 4 am, continued an exchange (w/ people in diff. Time zones) on Facebook, went back to bet, got up for real around 10. Spent a couple hours trying to close open tabs — listened to part of a dry podcast/talk on Marxist theories of history. Ended up working after all, 1-3 or so; revised a couple graphs, trying to condense last 1K of the section. Listened to an (entirely different) talk/Q&A on Capital by William Clare Roberts of Marx’s Inferno, which I’ve meant to read. Took out trash. Read 3 JA poems. Listened to some Stanley Cowell - he’s pretty great, and eclectic; his version of “Dancers in Love,” w/ Jason Moran’s rhythm section, led me to Ellington’s. Great tune, would love to learn it. (Found a pdf later.)

We were going to make chicken soup today, but Bree petered out, which freed up some time. (Did make some Brussels sprouts.) Did some basic piano practice - scales at 116 bpm, and root-shell voicings on rhythm changes. Watched the end of a Loretta Young movie, Ladies Courageous, w/ Bree, noticed that Janet Shaw was in the credits; need to go back and spot her. (“Need” is strong.) Also watched the 2nd 1/2 of the Judy Garland special, w/ Mel Torme; whatever you think of the style, he’s a musician - impressive on harmony parts. Read just a few pages of Beiser; need to ramp this up Short walk outside at 10. Did Sunday crossword in about 45 min while listening to Zen talks. Almost forgot about poetry notebook. 1 p. Lights out 11.