6:30 - 9 a.m. Himali wakes up, for inspiration, to The Band’s “When I Paint My Masterpiece.” She then “stumbles to eat berries before waitering breakfast” (in the past, students could work as waiters for the sit-down community meals). She then jogs to the Robert Frost trail, does yoga, and prepares for the day ahead.
9 - 9:30 a.m. Himali works in her room on a class project.
Himali shares a view of her work-in-progress for her Calvino, Borges, Beckett class.
9:30 - 10 a.m. Himali enjoys the morning and writes outside.
10 - 11 a.m. Himali meets in the Barn for conversation with her professor prior to class.
11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Himali makes a point during discussion in her Calvino, Borges, Beckett class, which meets daily during this time.
Himali shares a page from one of her class notebooks, where she scribbles thoughts during discussion.
12:15 - 12:45 p.m. Himali eats lunch outside with a fellow waiter, enjoying a moment of relaxation before serving tables for the community lunch.
12:45 - 1:30 p.m. In the kitchen, Himali readies soup bowls for her tables in the dining room. She then serves the main course, dessert, and coffee during lunch.
1:45 p.m. Himali meets with professor Paul Muldoon before class.
1:55 p.m. Himali heads to the Barn for her afternoon class.
If Himali does not have class, she hikes, heads down the mountain to take a swim at the Middlebury College natatorium, or enjoys a “Norwegian” (salmon, cream cheese, and watercress on rye) at the bakery downtown. She also frequently spends time reading and writing in the Bread Loaf library.
2 - 4:45 p.m. On alternate weekdays, Himali attends her second Bread Loaf course, a poetry workshop with poet Paul Muldoon.
7 p.m. In the evening, Himali “exclaims at the sunset, reads, writes, dreams, dances, edits her colleagues’ work, and talks into the wee hours.” Here, she shares in conversation with a friend at a reception.
