This is a hat tip to someone on my blogroll whom most of you can't see ( Read more... )

My calling* card defines me among other things as "Freelance Beader". I had a long break in beading due to being caught up with other things, not being in the mood, being discouraged since I could not sell anything and just due to a general lacklusteredness. But now, as I am supposed to work on other things, I find myself suddenly diving into my ( Read more... )

The other day I had a small tiff with an online friend, again a result of a glib comment or two on my part. This not being a new and emerging pattern really questions whether I truly belong in higher education, since I seem to be so spectacularly hard-headed about certain things ( Read more... )

A friend once called me a utilitarian. We were walking in late afternoon after rain and I had just purchased a compass. I told him it was so I could always find my way. The compass and the north star. And my trusted torch was so I could always see where I was going. I was in the mood for platitudes, which he didn't seem to mind. I had never heard ( Read more... )