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So it's done. Almost at least. There will be a closeout meeting, almost surely an ugly and contentious affair. The accoutrements - the mats, the bedding, universal precaution kits, etc. - are all in the basement of our local Armory. I originally contemplated taking today off to process, but I think at this point it's still not real that I'm ( Read more... )

With the help of a friend, a large portion of my smaller furniture moved to the front porch yesterday. Lee soaked the carpet in our apartment, so we are sorting, ditching, clearing, etc. to make way for the carpet guys. It feels like a move, with boxes, bins & whatnot now upstairs in Betsy's living room, and there is plenty more to do. We're ( Read more... )

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So, I did it - I will officially step back from WinterHaven as of the end of this season. I've sent the following letter off in various directions, the word is out. Somehow I thought I'd feel relieved, but right now I'm uncharacteristically angry. Ah well, all things must pass... Here's the letter ( Read more... )

So after battling my computer for the past couple weeks, I decided again to drop the online computer literacy class - this time before I paid for it. To replace it, I've added a "weekend course" - three weekends, Friday night and all day Saturdays - in Philosophy. I'll see how this format works. That much thinking crammed into 3 weekends may ( Read more... )

Below is a portion of a LJ entry I posted shortly after 9/11. It also ended up being a letter to the editor in our local paper. I still believe all of it, rereading it just makes me sad with the knowledge of where all the energy and spirit of community took us, bastardized into a sham patriotism that left me stunned at our willingness to forgo ( Read more... )

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Sending love and admiration to DaisyDumont who has weathered the storms and continues to keep on keeping on after the loss of her beloved Gerry. Peace be with you on this day.

Happy 70th anniversary to The Wizard of Oz, premired this date in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, and to our own Gurdonark who premired a number of years later...