While I love technology, I hate it when my computer or laptop becomes ill. Apparently, my personal laptop has a virus, which has prevented me from posting daily. My hours and time at work are so strenuous, I'm not able to utilize my work computer (I'm quickly posting this while eating lunch and putting together … Continue reading Breaking News (no, this is not Day #31, 32 or 33)
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Day #5 of Wild and Exciting Little Things: Crock Pots
I love crock pots. One of the best feelings in the world comes at 4:00 pm when you think, "Oh, what am I going to cook for dinner...wait, the crock pot has been cooking for me all day!" Or, like today. Exhausted from the festivities of our chili cook off, I was straining my brain … Continue reading Day #5 of Wild and Exciting Little Things: Crock Pots
A Walk in the Garden of My Grandparents
There is a quote from Alice Walker’s essay, In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens, that has stayed with me since the first time I read it a few years after graduate school. As a matter of fact, two to three pages of the essay remain imprinted in my memory and excerpts can be found scrawled … Continue reading A Walk in the Garden of My Grandparents
In Search of Tiny Yellow Flowers
On Thursday, April 16, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature (1982) took leave of this earth. I learned of his passing late in the evening while perusing the day's news and was immediately saddened by his passing. The first thing I envisioned was Mexico City blanketed in tiny yellow flowers, as in the passage from One Hundred … Continue reading In Search of Tiny Yellow Flowers
More Than a Season
When the season ends, it always hurts. From November until April, we immerse ourselves in college hoops, specifically Shocker basketball, and when the season ends, well, it's painful. The oomph to the solar plexus, the slight confusion, the reality check of everyday life. During basketball season, we live game day to game day, with each moment … Continue reading More Than a Season
Whole not Hole-Hearted
Today, I had an interesting conversation with my student office assistant, a very smart and mindful young woman. After sharing a link to a TED talk with her, she and I began discussing the turning point in our lives when we didn't like where we were, better yet, who we were. She is braver than … Continue reading Whole not Hole-Hearted
Paradise is in Belle Plaine, Kansas
I have fallen in love with one of the most beautiful places in Kansas. I'd heard of its beauty, its mystery blossoming behind a rusted gate and stone walls, a slice of Eden nestled in Belle Plaine. But, I'd failed to visit even though the wonderful Robin Macy, an original Dixie Chick, has created the … Continue reading Paradise is in Belle Plaine, Kansas
A Crush on Faulkner
Having a crush on William Faulkner is not easy (no jokes about how the author has been deceased since 1962). Being sweet on the works of the man, like any relationship, has its ups and downs. There are times you truly have to work at it, convince yourself it is worth the wait, the patience, all for those moments that leave … Continue reading A Crush on Faulkner
What a Difference a Week Makes
My intent was to wait until the Monday evening celebration of our Final Four Shocker team to wrap up our whirlwind trip in a final post. I planned to share our photos, write about the championship game and give a summary of one of the best weekends I've ever experienced, especially with my father. But, two … Continue reading What a Difference a Week Makes
2013 and a Pact with the Devil
Okay, maybe not the devil. More like my husband and two good friends, all creative people who let their creativity sit on a shelf most of 2012. Once purposeful and fulfilling, creativity became a forlorn knickknack, one of those pieces you fear to toss because there is so much history behind the piece, an incredible story to … Continue reading 2013 and a Pact with the Devil
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