I almost didn't take time to go to the reading last night...what with contemplating going to the Dodge Poetry Festival this weekend and preparing for marathon conferences this week, etc. But I decided I should, and am glad I did! As Christina said, he was the first "real" West Virginian we've met since our transplant. When asked why he failed at ( Read more... )

I woke up feeling like a wad of lead, if indeed lead came in wads. Didn't feel good, not rested out at all, and by 1:00 I went to take a long nap, which is really unusual for me ( Read more... )

I woke up feeling like I'd been run over by a truck. Of course the only thing to do was to bumble out to Grandpa D's lilac bush (in my PJs and with morning hair, of course), whose plumage is glorious to behold this year. I picked enough flowers to fill three vases, and after that felt as if I could begin my day with a bit more equilibrium of spine ( Read more... )

It seems that whenever I go shopping with my sister, I spend money. Not sure if there's a connection there or not, but today I bought my fourth pair of shoes in two week's time. Now, the one pair almost doesn't count, as they are for a wedding I have to be in. The other three, to continue to assuage my guilt, are all shoes I will very much need for ( Read more... )

Some days I have to remind myself that just as life is not lived in a single day, one's joy cannot be gobbled by one lion (the one roaring salivating through your unsuspecting door some fine morning, threatening your neatly arranged plate of cookies ( Read more... )

Wow, I actually spent some money this weekend. It's what I get for meeting my sister at the mall, and for going with Mom and sis to DSW... But, to be fair, I had in-store credit and a coupon to use up there, and I ended up buying three pairs of shoes! I even found a pair I hope to wear to Michelle's wedding (I'm going to have her approve them ( Read more... )

I blinked and the weekend is gone ( Read more... )

If I would have tried to squeeze a frog's toenail into my week last week, it wold have made the universe go *pop.* My universe, that is. ;) On Thursday I visited Ohio U. Gorgeous, gorgeous campus. It was amazing that only three hours south of us spring was in full swing, dogwoods, redbuds, azaliahs and wild flaming forsythia dotting the William and ( Read more... )

...But Gerry says it best with that face of his.

Today I felt like I had a hangover, seriously. I felt three hens short of a full chicken coop but beerless. Thankfully my studio sessions went fairly well, and I'm extremely grateful it's the weekend, becasue I have not had 4 seconds of personal time strung together this week, and this must be

I told a friend yesterday that this is my third year being a tutor, and that I think I'm quite frankly weary of being one. Am I terrible or what? I love my job, most days, but yesterday was one of those when I didn't want to field one more APA question, see one more murdered semicolon, or read another hastily-crafted, skim-milk-dictioned paragraph ( Read more... )