over the teachers' day week i have been thinking much about uva, of all the people I'm grateful to there, and how sorry I am not to be back. term must have already begun in charlottesville; here, registration isn't till the 15th, and i, having arrived in cambridge two days ago with three favourite nootebooms and a pocketful of promises, am sitting idle. (byatt calls this feeling of suspension in inaction "floating redundant," after milton's description of serpent in paradise lost.) still feeling rather bewildered and much like a tourist, and would give a great deal to be home in singapore or charlottesville, where i could at least count on warmer weather and flowers from the farmers' market. i must be brave and go out to explore! cambridge will become a home for me too!