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I keep telling myself that I will have the time and energy to write once the semester is over. Please let it be so! NCUR is over, thank goodness. Yet as exhausting and stressful as the preparation was, I enjoyed … Continue reading →

My sweet aunt treated me to a massage today 🙂 Now the problem is staying awake to eat dinner and interact with everyone.

I never know how to spell that word 😉 So it’s taken me a month to write a post. A friend recently sent me his blog and asked for my input on a recent post. The interchange made me realize … Continue reading →

All the writing I intended to do over break and during this semester. C’est domage. I seem to be keeping busy nonetheless. A fun winter break: baking, family time (Xmas village with my bros and their families and Xmas Eve … Continue reading →

I finished the semester last week (waited until the last day to submit grades–a first for me) and am almost done with prepping for next semester. So I decided I’d best get blogging again. My excuse for not writing has … Continue reading →

Just finished Moby Dick for the second time. The first time I read it was 23 years ago, in the summer/fall of 1988 while I was fighting fire in Yellowstone. What a long time ago. I was such a different … Continue reading →

Essay #1 – Missed Opportunity “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby I see the ash beginning to bend, threatening to break apart and scatter on … Continue reading →

to leave for Southern California tomorrow. the kids and I will drive to Vegas then make our way into Laguna/Newport on Tuesday. we’re staying at a Best Western near the Vegas airport = non-smoking, outdoor pool, continental breakfast. if we … Continue reading →

I chaired the Saturday morning meeting then spoke at the combined speakers (AA + Al-Anon) meeting Saturday night. It was quite the day. I think I had a bit of letdown yesterday. The topic I chose for the 1st meeting … Continue reading →

So I volunteered to chair the Saturday morning al-anon meeting awhile back, and I’ve been a bit nervous about it. Then someone asked me to speak at the Saturday evening combined speakers’ meeting. Oh my! After some fretting, I agreed … Continue reading →