I feel just unwell enough not to want to do anything.  I don't feel terribly ill, but my body seems pretty uninterested in moving much.  This is unfortunate as the house could probably use a clean and Christmas presents are waiting to be made.

I've done my writing for 52 Weeks, so that's not hanging over my head, but I need to paint the piece I ( Read more... )

I'm mostly feeling better.  Still a bit tired and throat-foggy, but better.  Unfortunately, I've now managed to badly burn the space between my pointer finger and thumb on my right hand.  Sheesh.  Still trying to decide about work tomorrow, though if I go, I'm not sure how much writing would be possible.  :: sigh ( Read more... )

I seem to have more or less lost my voice.  Stupid whatever it is I have.  Though I suppose I have to partly blame a day of wrangling kids before I was completely well.  The rest of me doesn't really feel awful, just off... or awf... ahem, yes ( Read more... )

I'm still ill and ended up calling in sick today.  I hate doing that and ALWAYS feel guilty about it.  However, I really must be at school tomorrow for a one-time meeting, so I thought it best to listen to my body and rest up today.  So I've been sleeping and curled on the couch all day ( Read more... )

So, as you've all probably guessed by now, the Romani experience a great deal of discrimination in Romania.  I get more information about this everyday (and I've only been here two and a half).

Today, I was introduced to a family who particularly needs some help.  This family has six children and no identity papers, no home, and no jobs.  I've been ( Read more... )

I feel like I drift through my days far too much, but today I was so *in* the world. If that makes any sense ( Read more... )

So, I've been reminded that poetry is an excellent way to pick up new words. Yesterday I read two poems that I liked so much I'm considering photocopying them to hang on my wall. Besides both being lovely (one simply evocative, the other providing an internal narrative), they both turned up words I either didn't know or had forgotten ( Read more... )

Sorry about the lack of paragraphs, but I've tried several times to fix it and the darn thing just insists on one big blob of text ( Read more... )