This is my mother’s senior picture. I can remember looking at this picture as a small child and thinking, “My mommy is as beautiful as a movie star.” I hadn’t seen this picture in at least thirty years, but it’s … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: April 2008
It’s Saturday, and I could have slept in. Sleeping in is the very essence of “weekend” to me, and I usually make use of every opportunity that comes my way. I am a night person to the extreme, and I … Continue reading
Well, wouldn’t you? … Continue reading
For the past several years, my teaching schedule has been very full. I’m paid by the course, so the more courses the better! This semester, however, three of my scheduled classes were canceled at the last minute, leaving me with … Continue reading
Before I go to the college, I’ve been taking my MIL to the cancer clinic every morning for radiation treatment. She’s a newspaper reporter: a scrappy little fighter whose lifelong faith enables her to not fear death, but she has … Continue reading
Honest to boo, I think my phone started ringing around six this evening and only just now stopped. It never does that unless I’m buried alive in work. When I’ve got an evening free and would welcome some conversation, the … Continue reading