If you haven’t guessed, it’s been a tough semester. I’m afraid the blog simply had to sit and wait until life returned to some degree of normalcy. Of course, that only took three months, but hey–who’s counting? Christmas was, I’m afraid, a thing to get through after a very hard week, but I’ve had the [...]
My husband is very very good with directions. He can go somewhere once and usually find his way back again without trouble. He generally knows which way is north, south, east, or west without checking a compass or the sun’s direction. He knows which way he wants to go, and always seems to know which [...]
I’ve had the joy of having my mother around for the past month. She hasn’t been able to make the trip before–you don’t exactly go places when you’re the primary caregiver for someone else—but she finally had the opportunity. And while her health is far from brilliant, it was strong enough to allow her to [...]
I like that song. You know the one, the 1965 song first performed by Cy Grant but which has been resurrected by a number of folks including Nina Simone, Jennifer Hudson, MUSE, and Michael Bublé. It’s a new day, it’s a new dawn, it’s a new life. And I’m feelin’ good. But then, I’ve also [...]
We’re back, and I’m finally catching up with the blog. It was a full sprint for the first couple of weeks after we walked in the door, and then—joy of joys—we lost phone and Internet for two full weeks. Telenor is the carrier, and after two weeks of negotiations and broken promises, I’ve come to [...]