It's raining. It's been raining for days. The weather forecast shows nothing but rain and 47-degree highs for the foreseeable future ( Read more... )

First, links what I have enjoyed this week:

GOP Presidential Hopeful Reaches Out to Pagans
Yep, you read that right. Found this through fellow Eugenian Jason Pizl-Waters of The Wild Hunt blog. Gary Johnson sounds like the kind of Republican I would like to see more of in politics and popular media, which means he'll probably never get even a ( Read more... )

Floaty Naomi's yoga class kind of broke me yesterday. Well, not literally. And it was my fault this time, not what she had us doing (though there were a lot more lunges and intense down-dog this week than last.) I hadn't had much to drink all day, so I was pretty dehydrated; and my eating schedule was off (hadn't had time for breakfast, so I ate ( Read more... )

Lunchtime yoga was just divine joy today. It was the regular Friday instructor Chantelle, not floaty Naomi, and I really really love the way she teaches. Even though Chantelle is an exercise science person, and Naomi is arguably more of a yogini, Chantelle's classes don't wreck me like Naomi's. I still work, and hard (today I managed a couple of ( Read more... )

1. My yoga teacher (the floaty airy one whose classes make me feel like total fail) just saw me working the Ref Desk and came up to say hi, commenting "now I know where you work!" OH GOD SHE KNOWS WHERE I LIVE. Um, that was nice of her ( Read more... )

I haven't been doing yoga for the past bunch of days because of being sick. Me = dumb. I finally did some and I feel worlds better. What was I thinking and why didn't I do this sooner?

A pancake dinner (yay Mardi Gras), a lovely visit from gaius_de_mare, some card games, a bit of knitting, and some brandy in my hippie-dippy herbal throat tea didn't hurt ( Read more... )

For how cold it is and how much white stuff has been falling from the sky the last two days, the ground is annoyingly bare. I am unimpressed, winter. Bring it.

As many of you know, I've been working at the Archives of African American Music and Culture since last summer. Much of my work has been related to (and funded by the grant for) a ( Read more... )