Our family rooted for the Giants on Sunday night– and this, to the mild (perhaps) dismay of my sister Emily, who lives in western Mass and so, of course, was rooting for the Patriots. We did root for the Patriots when they were in the Super Bowl six years ago, but that was when they […]
Read moreSo I am unbelievably sick right now. My eyes are burning and my throat is starting to feel All Closed Up and I really should be over this by now but I guess I’m not. I’ve just finished writing up lesson plans and instructions for the (really wonderful) fellow who is subbing for me tomorrow. […]
Read moreEveryone seems to have an opinion on the Way It Should Be, don’t they? There Is A Way, it would seem, to write a Christmas letter, to send a holiday greeting, to make annual contact with loved-ones far-flung. And everyone’s opinion is Different. For example, some people feel Absolutely Certain that the Christmas letter should […]
Read moreThe digital thermometer has taken up residence on the kitchen windowsill. On the counter, just to the left of it, stand two bags of cough drops, two bottles of Junior Motrin, and two packages of chewable Children’s Tylenol. Also present is a long-neglected and, until recently, barely used bottle of Robitussin. I had to reach […]
Read more“Life happens for sure, but most of it is just the same thing every day with different weather and clothes.” I read that on my friend Heather‘s blog. So true, so true. In the respite from the busy-ness that the weekend affords me, thoughts along these lines have been a quiet melody in the back […]
Read moremade to the quote at the end of the post titled “What I Have To Do.” Just in case you’re interested.
Read moreWill (that’s what we’re calling him these days; have you noticed?) has joined Trinity‘s sixth grade basketball team. He’s having a great time: practice two days (or more) a week, a game here and there. It’s great fun. He had to get a dress-shirt for game days, so Bill took him shopping at Sears. They […]
Read moreIn January in this part of North Carolina, the morning temperature might be 18 degrees. It might also be 40, or higher still. You never know. In January the sun stays fairly low all day, never rising above the tops of the trees that hem our backyard. Its light is pale and earnest, falling into […]
Read moreAn excerpt from Machiavelli’s The Prince. I must re-read and prepare analysis questions for my students for tomorrow’s class. Analysis questions for Act III, iii and Act IV (entire). Also for tomorrow, 9:15. Renaissance history: review readings and determine most salient information for the students’ intellectual digestion. Tomorrow, 9:15. Review significant developments of Renaissance music; […]
Read moreSo I’ve been listening to my friend Bill Deasy‘s music lately. Something about that Pittsburgh post I wrote a few days ago has me thinking of my hometown, I guess, and Bill’s voice and music and words always evoke that place for me. So much to think about. Anyway, here’s a lyric I love, from […]
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