My to-do list is short right now. Mostly errands like the bank and the post office where I’m going to mail the tea cozy to my friend. I’ve got a meeting on campus and two classes to teach. Then, things really open up. Maybe I’ll actually be able to finish Annie [...]

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I’ve been following Weight Watchers for almost three weeks now and doing pretty well.  But, yesterday, I really fell off the wagon.  I tracked my points, which included two pieces of See’s Candy and two glasses of wine and 8 pretzels even though I knew I was over the points already.  But, I went way [...]

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What a wonderful evening I had last night!  Out to dinner with friends then a Sweet Honey in the Rock concert at the Attucks Theater in Norfolk, Virginia.  I was swept away by their beautiful acapella singing.  Just amazing music, but what struck me the most was how much fun they were having.  At one [...]

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I read (The Living by Annie Dillard), crocheted, played on my computer, and even managed to get outside.  We spent a few hours at our property yesterday.  The view isn’t quite as green as the one in this post; it is still pretty barren, but signs of spring are everywhere.  The daffodils are doing great; [...]

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And I’m not going to church.  Instead, I’m up early watching the sun rise.  As I walked with the dogs earlier, we stood a moment and looked at the almost full moon in the west, clear and bright in the sky.  I feel like I sometimes carry “church” with me, a sense of awe and [...]

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My husband is heading out to do some volunteer work for a local agency that builds and repairs houses. So, we’re up early. It’s not even 8 AM and the dogs have been walked, chickens have been fed, and there’s a fresh pot of coffee brewing. I have a few things on [...]

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Yes, it refers to the holiday but it also refers to the fact that after four days away from home, I’m back at my desk watching the birds and the squirrels as I decide what I need to do today.
I finished my crocheted tea cozy and small mat for a friend’s birthday.  I looked for [...]

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Yet another reason that black might be angry.  This story  got a brief mention in the opening news review on the News Hour this evening.  Yet, dealing as it does with race, I would think it would get a bigger play considering how offended everyone supposedly was about Wright’s remarks about race in America:  The [...]

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I should start by stating the I am a Barack Obama supporter.  I find him to be a fresh voice in politics.  Since he is some 15 years younger than Clinton, there’s no doubt that he doesn’t have the same kind of government experience, but I’m not sure we need a good legislator in the [...]

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I hadn’t been to church for several weeks…busy traveling and working. But, I went yesterday, mostly to hear The Delvers. They are a local group that plays folks, jazz and western swing. One of the band members belongs to my church and I arranged for them to play. As we were [...]

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