Sunday morning was certainly a low point. Between sleep deprivation, grief, uncertainty, and endless waiting, there was little room for hope--mostly due to one unanswered question.

Last Friday when we had originally brought Jager in, aside from her low/anemia red blood cell count, our vet had noted odd and immature looking white blood cells in her ( Read more... )

There's room for infinite happiness and infinite sorrow in the world. The price of love is the threat of loss. If you're smart, you give in, and you love as much as you can, as deeply as you can. You build relationships and friendships, and you relish in every damned minute of it. When the end comes (it always comes), it's having those positives ( Read more... )

It's been a relaxing spring. Life has found a steady pace. Art is flowing, and it's always nice to feel like things are getting done ( Read more... )

We’re already a few thousand miles into 2012, and so far, it’s been a smooth road ( Read more... )

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The summer has been frantic. We've spent more days on the road than we  have home. I suppose that's to be expected when you're trying to stuff  two years worth of delayed social endeavours into two months. To be brief, since driving out to Pittsburgh for AnthroCon, we've flown to San Diego for ComicCon, driven to New Mexico for a family emergency ( ( Read more... )

The news of my old professor's death reached me this evening. He died in his sleep over summer break at the age of 59.

Tom Flanagan had the reputation of being one of the most ruthless, unforgiving teachers at our college, a mean guy who didn't mind failing you if you couldn't meet his standards. However, everyone agreed that he was the guy to ( Read more... )

I feel like I've typed this more than anyone really has the right to, but, it's been a busy last few weeks. (Had to get that out of my system, or I'd never start to get anything written.)

Ket's parents were in town visiting, as was my mother, and everyone descended upon my father's house for one big family gathering (7th month old puppies ( Read more... )