This week I made several casseroles (one with Campbell’s Cream of Mushroom soup) and I hosted my local knitting group. I feel that all of this Minnesota goodness was in preparation for a prime time event: The Cookie Swap. When my friend told me about her family’s cookie swap last year I wondered, “Where have…
Where's the Music?
I’m not sure if we’re at a plateau, a cancer backslide, or if it’s just the cold, but for a few weeks Gerry’s been having a hard time dealing with his pain. His back pain has returned, along with substantial hip and rib pain. Obviously the cold is getting to him, but it’s more than…
Ode To Joy
Today was Max’s band concert at his elementary school, the 5th & 6th grades. Max is playing the bells in the back, this is his first year in band and I think he’s going to be a band-camp kind of guy. He loves it, and I was amazed at how well these kids play with…
Anyone in the TC want free Punch Pizza?
Burn, baby, burn!
Teaching
I miss teaching. It’s been a few weeks – month? – since I’ve taught a class. I miss it when I don’t (and, like cooling hot chocolate, I develop a sort of skin – a barrier – that makes me fearful of jumping back into the teaching again. Hard to explain…) Anyway, last night my…
Baby, it's cold!
I’ve succumbed. (incidently, that’s a really hard word to spell…) Yes, the feels-no-cold descendant of West Virginia hillbillies is wearing SOCKS. In the HOUSE. Those who know me know what a special day this is. The day the earth froze over. Clog-shoe Binaca knee-toe* And in celebration I’ll work on Gerry’s holiday gift, a pair…
Roadside Gerry
I love Autumn. To paraphrase my kids, I love it so much I could marry it. Common wisdom is that the world comes alive in the Spring, but for me the metamorphosis that is Autumn has always been a time of exciting beginnings. I love the clear air, the crispness, the cool nights and warm…
Obviously I have too much time…
Send your own ElfYourself eCards Burn, baby, burn!
Calling In Gay
Hey Folks, No blog today, I’m calling in gay! (I’m straight, don’t get any ideas, but I have a gay-pass for today) I’m sick about the inability of some fundamentalist folks to recognize that marriage is a CONTRACT. If you want to make it a sacrament, please do so with the help of your local…