I can't believe it's been so long since I've had a proper update ( Read more... )

So my 20th high school reunion was this weekend ( Read more... )

The pooch came up with us to the ranch this weekend. It's the first time in a while that we've been here alone, which has been lovely. We took a long walk around the lake and into the woods yesterday, and Celosa had a blast having full reign to run around. Graham made an awesome pasta last night, and we capped off the evening watching the first ( Read more... )

Back in high school I went on a very memorable trip to Spain for the summer between tenth and eleventh grades. I was just sixteen and feeling quite grown up going to a foreign country all by myself. My high school Spanish teacher was also on the trip and kept an eye on all of us under 18, but it was still quite exciting ( Read more... )

There are very few parts of my life that I really avoid. I had a relatively ok high school experience, great college, wonderful Oxford, and awesome adulthood. Even law school, which I hated, wasn't bad on a social level ( Read more... )

So, as most people probably know by now, my state's Board of Education evicerated the Social Studies cirriculum last week. Apparently they have another vote coming up in May, but I don't really see the five democrats on the Board managing to wrangle three votes from the ten republicans ( Read more... )

The Pembroke College Foundation of North America in support of a small college at Oxford University gets 100 of my charitable contributions to higher education. In part, this is because I consider Pembroke to have been the best education that I received from the five institutions of learning that hound me for money every year. (St. John's School ( Read more... )

Jose was going through his facebook account at the ranch on Sunday, and his face fell. "Oh no! Mrs. Hethcoat died." It took me a second to realize what Jose was talking about and then I was awash with a supreme sadness ( Read more... )

There's a discussion going on over at BitchPhd about whether or not to go on to get a Ph.D. in the humanities ( Read more... )

Facebook makes for weirdness in life. I'm a member of the Oxford University Society, which is the alumni group, so when I joined up Facebook, I joined one of their groups. Today I got this invitation: Enjoy drinks and canapes at the House of Lords this Spring! Join other Oxford alumni and friends to experience the Peers Dining Room and hear ( Read more... )