After a trip, the house smells unpleasantly from being closed up. It's not musty-dusty basement smell but it makes me wrinkle my nose. I have the windows in the basement open and the whole house fan going to bring fresh air to the basement. I made a rosemary infusion and mopped down the tile floor in the basement. I'll change the furnace filter as ( Read more... )

They came back and did it again on the other tree and stomped on the lilies. The branches fell into the garden and knocked the tomatoes down. They chipped the stone pagoda several times ( Read more... )

She had everything to live for and nothing to die for so she refused to play in some sort of contrived symphony designed not for humanity but for the amusement of the gods in a stone temple carved from barren rock to house some dismal eternity in which fake luminosity emanated in imminent fury while the wind whipped through the empty corridors to ( Read more... )

I'm caught up in the AA cancellations and stranded in NOLA. My peeps are working to get me home - and I do want to come home. N'awlins is a beautiful city with wonderful peoples, but I want to come home. My Wed flight was cancelled and I was rescheduled to Friday. I asked about multiple hops on smaller planes but no go. I may rent a car if any are ( Read more... )

Yoinked from southernpm

How to abandon your God...

by Mark Morford
San Francisco Chronicle

( Institutionalized Religion is Full of Fail )

Well, I'm dealing with the "OMG, let's live in a cave, weave grass skirts, eat grubs and lick moss off the rocks" versus "OMFG, I'm such a consumer whore!" in my lifestyle choices. My thoughts and emotions go round and round.

I have to be perfect ( Read more... )

I've been struggling lately with a return to a workaholic routine. I love my job. I love what I do. I love the application of knowledge. In some small way, I change the world with every manuscript I publish. I change the world when I share with students my experiences and passion for science. However, when I lose myself in the work, I forget to eat ( Read more... )