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What the Neighbors Know

The days are getting longer. As I type this, the sun has not yet set, even though I’ve not eaten dinner, nor am I hungry. I can see the house across the street getting the evening light, their Bradford pear perfectly shaped and bathed in the loveliest shade of yellow. I can’t remember those particular [...]

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Last Week

The Spring 2011 semester will be officially over in a week. Then, it’s a week of finals, and it’s really really over. Really? I would like to say it’s flown by, but it hasn’t. The first almost-half of 2011 has been rough. But it’s no longer winter. And there’s the beach. Waiting for me to [...]

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Pain

I am in a lot of pain today. I’ve done something to my back, and it’s been bad since yesterday evening. I don’t know what I did—picked something up wrong, bent the wrong way, strained it with the Costco groceries. I’m not sure. I have a bad back anyway, a souvenir from a car accident [...]

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All Good Things

Last Thursday was my last day as an advocate. I cried. But not too much, in front of other people at least. Let me back up. In case you’ve joined us recently, let me explain. For the last couple years I’ve held a volunteer position at my church that gave me the nifty title of [...]

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What It Feels Like When Everyone Else Brings Something Home-Cooked

The other night, Jesse and I had a fight about something stupid. (Most of our fights are about stupid things that in the heat of battle neither of us seem to have the mental capacity to recognize as such.) I’d had a long week. It was Tuesday, and already I’d had a long week. The [...]

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