I don’t usually focus on politics, but today all USA-ians have the opportunity to change our country and our influence on the world. It is your duty as a citizen to get out there and vote. Of course, I have definite opinions about who are the best candidates, but my haranguing you here won’t affect…
Category: hectic
October Country returns…
I will put aside for a moment the anxiety I feel that my Halloween cards are not even conceptualised, let alone ready to send (HA HA HA). Instead I will think of all the lovely fall colors beginning to appear — more slowly up here, but much further along in Connecticut. I can’t get over…
Writing & Identity
It’s an interesting time for writers, in all senses of that word. On the one hand, print repeatedly gets declared to be dead, only to have innovations re-spark interest in the written word (if not dead tree versions). Even the dead tree market corpse gets fresh blood repeatedly, as Harper Collins announces: The writer and…
Who Wants Pi?
The whirlwind continues: I feverishly try to complete my materials for the start of classes Monday (reminding myself all the while that the first day isn’t the whole semester), make copies, then run home to pack for Pi-Con and of course, hit the road to West Springfield. Looking forward to the con, but there’s a…
Thank you!
Gracious thanks to all who showed up to the Aerie (yes, Dan, you were right, caps now) for the housewarming that, unfortunately, more than lived up to that title — whew! it was hot, eh? But we fit more people into the aerie than we ever could have in the wee house on Crabapple, so…
Penultimate
It’s the penultimate day of the “working week” and it’s raining. Not ideal for moving, of course, particularly because a large part of what needs to be moved is art. Plus, the cable guy (or gal) is coming today to finally hook up the internet at the aerie, which will make life more convenient. I…
The Longest Day
Not just because we’re (wait for it) still moving. No, no — it’s the solstice today, the longest stretch of daylight for the year. In Finland, that’s Juhannus päivä: bonfires, singing, dancing and great food. It was a good excuse last night to gather around the fire pit at Claudia’s, make some music, eat some…
If Thursday was a Boat…
“Here’s why I did not go to work today…” I’m spending this “surreptitiously unique” day once more in the moving process because time is running out, work was not advancing well anyway, and it’s got to get done. Somehow, somehow — at least Harry Nilsson is in my head. Think positive: progress is being made….
Boxing Day
Just taking a break from the numbing process. Today we need to box up everything that’s sitting on furniture large enough to have to be moved on the truck that we rented for tomorrow. Time to turn off the brain in order to avoid thinking about a) how much stuff we still have, b) how…
What Fresh Hell?
What could make the process of moving less pleasant? 90+ F degree weather (that’s 30+ C) and humidity — what is this, Houston?! Let’s not forget thunderstorms, too. We moved some lighter stuff yesterday: musical instruments and dvds. Our new stove is in, though not the new fridge and our landlord was busy painting some…