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Yard Work
Mowed the front yard and cleaned out some vines around the garage today. I wore blue jeans, long sleeves, and gloves. Now I just have to wait and see how badly I get poison ivy on my face.
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Go Inside
"When you want peace, go inside. Go inside for compassion. Go inside for wisdom. Go inside for joy. And go inside for love."--Ram Dass
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Thinking about Death and Other Things
I was talking to someone about Death and Other Things and about fears about dying. She said that most people feared dying alone. I asked what she meant by "dying alone." Unloved, unmourned, no one to care that you shuffled off this mortal coil.
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I'm Back
Let's see, the economy being what it is, I've been made redundant and am back to hunting work. My husband, however, has found a new job working full-time at the University one city over, so celebration there!!! He starts in two weeks; his old boss hasn't talked to him since he turned in his letter of resignation (he tried to do it in person, but ( Read more... ) -
Work
Things are getting interesting at the college library where I work. We recently instituted a new computer policy where community (non-student) patrons are limited in the number of hours they're allowed on the computers, as well as which computers they can use. We had several patrons who showed up in the morning, spread out their supplies and meals ( Read more... ) -
Jury Duty
Well, I just did a week of jury duty. I was looking forward to it, and I'm glad I did it. I was on one case--a domestic battery case. A 40 year old man was accused of beating his 70 year old girl friend. We were sworn in, had our instructions read to us, and heard opening statements from the attorneys. (Apparently, they both ended up visiting the ( Read more... ) -
Happy New Year
On the theory that no one reads this blog anymore, I'm planning to start posting more often, using this just as a personal journal. Really personal stuff I'll make private, but mostly, I'll just jot stuff down. We'll see if I follow through on this one ( Read more... ) -
I Should Be More Upset Than I Am, I Think
A couple of weeks ago we moved our daughter into her new dorm for the new year. Overall it went well; we borrowed my parents' SUV, stuffed it to the gills, and took only the one vehicle to campus. Which means that this weekend we stuffed the Ford Fiesta with things we forgot the first time and repeated the trip. We still forgot, couldn't find, or ( Read more... ) -
Vacation
I've just started the second of a two week vacation with my family--the first week was spent at home, the second will be spent at a water park, then taking my daughter back to college. It's good to spend time like this with your loved ones, if only to remind you why you work ( Read more... ) -
Political Dust-Up
Since the shootings in Charleston, my politics have created a political dust-up on Facebook. I refuse to be appalled by the graffiti on statues of Civil War Confederate "heroes," and yet I see the firing of teachers for racist Facebook posts as a potentially dangerous path. (I figure anyone that dumb and racist will show her hand and work and can ( Read more... )
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