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What a beautiful day. I’ve never had such hope for my country. Watch his acceptance speech: LIVE: Barack in Grant Park

I think I’ll shift topics yet again. Although I’d like to return to Mom’s correspondence at some point, for now I feel that I need to do some work on sprituality, 12-step programs, yoga–a convergence of these. You see I’ve … Continue reading →

Holy cow. A month into this and I’ve hardly written a thing, so I decided I better just take a couple of minutes and write “something.” What’s new? The kids have been sick, I finished the 3rd Tales of the … Continue reading →

We just returned from Zion–it’s “Zion” not “Zion’s” National Park (one of my pet peeves)–where my parents, brothers, and their families enjoyed some balmy camping over the UEA holiday. We had a lovely hike to Emerald Pools, nice evenings by … Continue reading →

A former student invited me to join “goodreads” and I love it. It’s a nice way to keep track of books you’ve read, are reading currently, and want to read. Check it out then become my book-reading friend: Becky’s profile:

So much for writing daily…maybe once a week is more apt. I just returned from the CPTSC Conference in Minneapolis. (That’s the Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication.) It was awesome: warm and sunny (for Minneapolis) and lots … Continue reading →

for a baby shower–she’s having twin boys! Anyway, I haven’t done much writing of late, though I did finish reading Susan Cheever’s book about Bill Wilson. And now I’ve started William Borchert’s book about Lois Wilson. I’m intrigued with the … Continue reading →

When Fluffy died last week, Maggie assembled her ham-hams for a funeral.

It’s the day after my 46th birthday and I’ve decided I need to motivate my writing, so I’m starting a blog. You see I’m on sabbatical and committed to write *something* by semester’s end. My energies are scattered among various … Continue reading →