Monday, March 27, 2017

Blame it all (blog hiatus mostly) ;-P on the birthday boy

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My son turned 15 two and a half weeks ago and I didn't even blog about it! Or about anything else, for that matter. The main reason is...
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Wednesday, March 01, 2017

A rare day

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Edited on 4/4/17 3:17 am   Today is a rare day, [because] I get to teach about my dissertation subject. One of the three authors [I wrot...
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Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Ethnic Cleansing, or "Make America *White* Again"

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The days following the election, I was extremely upset and spent every waking minute interacting with equally stressed out friends on socia...
Tuesday, February 21, 2017

The (Relative) Calm Before the Storm is Practically Over/ people like us

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I'm bracing myself, I really am. Just waiting for the next horror to unfold and make me anxious and upset. I meant to post this yester...
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Sunday, February 12, 2017

Thanks to my kid I know more Grammy music!

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Of course I like Adele or Beyonce on my own, but thanks to him I also know and have listened to music from Lukas Graham, John Legend, and ...
Thursday, February 09, 2017

Blogging in 2017...

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... is lonely and discouraging. But blogging is one of "my favorite things!!!" :-( BTW the label/song-nod, is wrong because I ...
Sunday, February 05, 2017

The Journey - Full Lumber 84 Super Bowl Ad (deemed too controversial to air)

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Tuesday, January 31, 2017

The Best Class Ever or...

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... sheer torture? Because it could be "the last" for a long, long while... who knows how long. :-( I'm teaching a lit class...
Thursday, January 26, 2017

Doing a small thing/ Despair/ What can we do?

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this promises to be long, and rambling, and... but... I have to write tonight, I just do, so please bear with me if you're so inclined. ...
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Friday, January 20, 2017

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I don't know how to title this. i don't feel like capitalizing anything... as if small letters could convey better how scared and ...
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Wednesday, January 18, 2017

First Meal of the Day:

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5 pm. :-( It was a wonderful day of teaching! P.S. Blogging on my phone again. [Trying to!] One. Word. At. A. Time. Literatlly (E...

First day and...

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... of course I forgot to take my medication! I guess I'll have some coffee instead!
Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Last Day

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Tomorrow I go back to work, so I'm spending a few extra minutes in my cozy bed this morning, even though I already had to drop off my yo...
Thursday, January 12, 2017

My Gorgeous Baby Brother's Birthday!

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WOW, I can't believe it's been seven years since I last blogged about my "baby brother's" birthday (he's only 2.5...

Firsts in 2016

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First graduation (our boys never had kindergarten graduation). First son in high school and working (though his wages go straight to pay t...

All of the clothes

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Today I'm washing and line-drying all of the clothes. Seriously. Sheets from the beds (that will go right back on) and even all stinky s...
Friday, January 06, 2017

Books Read in 2016

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I want to blog more about books and reading in 2017, so why not start and try to remember the books I read in 2016? This post will have to b...
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Monday, January 02, 2017

11 Days Away

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And nearly 12 hours to get back, but we're home now!!  May 2017 be a tolerable year! Sigh...
Saturday, December 31, 2016

Happy 2017!

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(with my nephew N!)

Pending things from 2016 to talk about:

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- I still need to write more about my unhappiness with work. - I'm planning to blog about curly hair products & style. - My obse...