Despite my efforts at re-arranging my life post-Florida Keys trip, I'm still a bit behind. I meant to post this yesterday, but I did not manage to upload the pictures from my camera until today.

Sunday 10/18-I spent most of the day trying to get my life here back together, but I did take a break with a lovely pot of tea. I sipped and had a “ ( Read more... )

So, I was in the Florida Keys from 10/10 to 10/17, and I've spent the time since then trying to bring my life back to something approaching its usual form of chaos.  In the Keys there were 8 girls in line for the one computer, so my time was limited to checking email in case my students needed me (and the occasional *short* foray into fanfic).  ( Read more... )

Posting on the fly....
I'm really going to try to keep posting daily, but the next few days are going to be made of equal amounts of awesome and crazy.  Tomorrow, I have a flight leaving for Florida at 6:15 (oy, WHY did I think that was a good idea???).  There's a 3 hour layover in Atlanta, but once I get to Florida and meet my friends, all bets are ( Read more... )

Today's autumn celebration was a very simple one.  It's finally getting cool enough here at night for me to change my spring duvet for my winter quilt.  So, I trekked downstairs and dragged up my winter bed linens.  The really special thing about changing for cooler months is that I pull out the crocheted throw that my undergraduate thesis director ( Read more... )

I grew up in the American Deep South, where the seasons are summer and not-quite-summer.  I always loved the 3 days of autumn we got and I wished each year that there were fewer evergreens and more fantastic displays of foliage.  Now that I live in the Midwest, I REVEL in the month or 6 weeks of autumn we get here.  Despite the craziness that ( Read more... )

Today's fall/Hallowe'en/Samhain celebration was small, but perfect.
I found an absolutely perfect beautiful fallen leaf.  I have stared at it off and on all day; it makes me a truly happy Birdie. 
I found a larger one two that is unusually colored--as you can see, the color is somewhere between wine red and brown.
They are now cozied between paper ( Read more... )

Woot!
Today I baked a Honey Cake.  It's a cake for Rosh Hashanah, but the honey, almonds, and coffee work equally well for fall in general.  The recipe is here.  They suggest serving it with homemade applesauce, but I'm wondering if I can find pumpkin butter anywhere....*smacks lips*

It looks absolutely wonderful and smells delicious!
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For today's autumnal celebration, I decided to make my own chai. Any of you who happen to know me IRL know that I can put away some chai, and I thought it would be fun to try my own.

I found the recipe through Boing, Boing, and discovered that it belongs to lucylou

You can find her awesome artistic recipe here:

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Wow!  I hope your weather is as beautiful as what I'm currently experiencing.  It's lovely and chilly here but sunny as well and there is a crisp smell that only comes from autumn.

In celebration of the loveliness and the sense of closure provided by this time of year, I've put together a music mix that I hope you enjoy.All of these songs remind ( Read more... )