1. Here is a poem from Brian Turner. I read it once and it struck me so hard, that I have been thinking about it ever since ( Read more... )

I got University of Indiana, University of North Carolina Wilmington and University of Georgia DONE! (Well UGA is done for what is needed by Jan. 1, I still have to turn in my portfolio by Jan. 15). Now, since I am on such a roll, I am going to keep going. I have UFL, UH and UMASS to finish. UFL is basically done, UH needs an rewrite on the ( Read more... )

Hope everyone is healthy and happy ( Read more... )

for a roll of quarters. We seemed to be plagued by our lack of change--and our laundry has suffered. We managed to do 3 loads of laundry this weekend and have about 2 more to go. It's our quest to finish one room. I think if we can get the laundry done and some pictures up and that hole puttied, we will have one completely moved-in room. So ( Read more... )

P is still asleep from his late night carousing. I am so happy he caroused. He needed that. I, on the other hand, needed serious amounts of advil and heating pad devices because I fell down the hill yesterday. Well, it was more of a sloping road I was walking on. Then, my clog gave out, my ankle twisted and I fell forward onto my knee and ( Read more... )

"And because of the war I say again,
for the sake of a last and simple sweetness:
The sun is circling round the earth. Yes.
The earth is flat, like a lost, floating board. Yes.
God is in heaven. Yes."

Yehuda Amichai, Patriotic Songs

Started reading A Poet's Choice and I am so thrilled about it. I am only on page 4. This bodes well.