35,387 / 50,000 (70.0%)

2,284 words.

For those of you keeping score at home, I wrote for an hour and forty-five minutes today.

First:

Mom bit her lip, but didn’t respond.

Last:

Brownie Thistlekin stepped forward, twisting his broom in his hands.

By the way, I’m sure you’ve noticed the avatars that are now appearing next to your names in the comments. For those of you who are frequent commenters, which means arbitrarily means that you’ve commented five times, you can select your own avatar. There is an option to do that below the comment box. I love new toys.

I’ve had my first Icelandic class. We are starting by reviewing the things covered in course 1. I seem to be about in the middle of the class, in terms of grasp of Icelandic which is perfect. My classmates are from Belgium, the Congo, Phillipines, Poland, Haiti and America. It’s a small class which is nice. It’s also close enough to bike to, which makes me very happy.

The weather cooperated today; it was windy but no precipitation.

Your Icelandic phrase for today is: Ég er bruðaleikari frá Bandarikjunum.

I am a puppeteer from America.