Tight as a tick
Stuffed myself tight as a tick for dinner. Last night of having my folks in town. Probably don’t need to eat for a few days now. But it was worth it. My dog has a sore in his armpit (front…
A little of this, a little of that
I bought this painting by a local artist Jenny Fallein. She’s married to a poet who taught in my department (they’ve decided to move). It’s a big painting. Like four feet by three feet. Here’s a not-so-great picture of it:…
It’s dog shedding time
I’ve not got much news, I’m afraid. School ended, and nothing so far has come from the showing this week. My folks arrived early, so that’s been wonderful. Weather is good. Thought we might get a thunderstorm today, but it…
One day more
And it is one day more for this semester. In honor of that: We have another showing tomorrow. Hoping hoping hoping! It was lovely today. Things are greening and growing. Maybe I’ll get lilacs soon. Oh! and the peonies have…
And counting
One day down, two days left of this semester. Did my last faculty senate meeting today. That’s six years out of seven that I’ve served. I’m ready for a break. Kind of interested in a different committee though. Might talk…
clean house discoveries
A number of years ago when I bought my first macbook, I got a free iPod Touch. I haven’t used it a bunch, but I did buy this little radio-dock to set it in. That was also a few years…
Why must the bathroom get so dirty?
I’ve had one of those weeks that’s a combo of busy plus lazy plus mopey plus cold plus mommy plus somewhat constructive. Had one of those weeks? On the constructive side, which seems to be the most interesting really, I…
Some people take stupidity, hypocrisy, and self-pity to new heights
Got an email from a colleague tonight, which speaks to the title of this post. I won’t say anything about its content here, except what’s in the title, but I have to say I’m struggling with a reply. Which is…
in search of a project
I need to start a new crochet project. I don’t know what I want it to be. Something relatively easy, but something I can learn to do new. I’m sure I have things in my books or online, but that…
This may sound odd
Today is another day I’m not dying of cancer. Does that sound odd? I have friends who are younger than I am or same age (I’m 45) who either are managing cancer or have become incurable. Chances are, even managing…