tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9465132358387150752024-03-27T21:38:34.515-04:00"Out of hopeful green stuff woven...""We used to think...when I was an unsifted girl...that words were weak and cheap. Now I don't know of anything so mighty." -Emily DickinsonHeidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01998612837637048594noreply@blogger.comBlogger4211125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946513235838715075.post-46603536080224435662024-03-27T21:37:00.004-04:002024-03-27T21:37:45.991-04:00Things that helped...27 March 2024: Some things that have made a hard day (still feeling kind of rough and very busy) a bit better:<div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>The latest episode of <i>Listen to Sassy</i> on my morning walk. </li><li>Three great classes.</li><li>Four excellent advising appointments.</li><li>Two good student conferences.</li><li>So. Many. Cough drops.</li><li>A Diet Dr. Pepper at 4:30.</li><li>Coming home to BabyCat and Jo. </li></ul></div>Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01998612837637048594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946513235838715075.post-89024715672869225572024-03-26T22:21:00.003-04:002024-03-26T22:21:44.941-04:00Trivia=medicine?26 March 2024: Felt kind of lousy and definitely <i>slow</i> all day long as this cold persists. Yet for the three hours I was at Rumsey Tavern, I felt pretty darn normal. I joked with the crowd that they were medicine. And the crowd was really big--sixty-five people and twelve teams. <div><br /></div><div>By the time I got home, the adrenaline wore off. Feeling stuffy and a bit clogged in one ear. Oh well. Still think the worst of this is on its way out. </div>Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01998612837637048594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946513235838715075.post-53706085914744446752024-03-25T20:48:00.001-04:002024-03-25T20:48:31.328-04:00Monday struggling...25 March 2024: Whew--waking up and getting ready this morning was <i>rough</i>. I was more or less able to get through my classes well enough, but I was counting the hours until I could head home. I have stacks of just-in assignments that I really need to grade by Wednesday, along with some writing I want to get done, so tomorrow will be a busy one. But I only need to be on campus for one meeting, so that will help. Here's hoping I'll feel better tomorrow, too. Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01998612837637048594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946513235838715075.post-20073344776726909862024-03-24T18:44:00.003-04:002024-03-24T18:45:38.272-04:00Giving in a bit...24 March 2024: Nursing this little cold all day, balancing rest with getting my lists more or less done. The "more or less" indicates me giving in a bit. Things will get done, but I know I need to not push too hard.<div><br /></div><div>I had planned to go to a movie with Amy and I am bummed that I couldn't do that, but grateful for the book club meeting tonight via Zoom. </div>Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01998612837637048594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946513235838715075.post-31310262142559520202024-03-24T18:42:00.001-04:002024-03-24T18:42:05.444-04:00Drag show!23 March 2024: <div><br /></div><div>[Catch-up post...]</div><div><br /></div><div>For the first time since COVID, the drag show returned to Shepherd. To support the cause, I bought a VIP table for myself and some colleagues. It was a great time, of course. </div><div><br /></div><div>[By the time I got home, though, I was really beginning to feel the effects of a lovely spring cold. Hit the sack soon after and figured I'd just do a catch-up post today.]</div>Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01998612837637048594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946513235838715075.post-89409921659407252122024-03-22T21:39:00.002-04:002024-03-22T21:39:29.097-04:00Early dinner break22 March 2024: After a busy (and mostly good) day, it was wonderful to hit "stop" on the metaphorical work clock just a bit after 5:00 and meet my friends Steve and Kit for dinner. Time just flies by talking with them, two deeply interesting and curious people with decades of great stories. Before I knew it, it was 7:00, but we could have talked for hours more. Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01998612837637048594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946513235838715075.post-68894208650633438552024-03-21T21:02:00.002-04:002024-03-21T21:02:30.966-04:00Favorite tree...<p>21 March 2024: My favorite tree on campus is magical again this year. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmUJaYqv15YsMocpn1s-fmZcmIH0GfwWVVhrCB4f_vgol5cOhFpJUWXwJf4IgB8v8ZCiOSzcIHIu48WSohOkm8-905n7p4llZQ8uceLrQX6St6vn9rmLf9Gc7cR6a5A2Xj1VRGwXTgg7au9d94G1C6M5TPdtZte6BfyBx8OF8_wuNdXvC_FMGOlroOX9GT/s533/favorite%20tree%202,%20March%202024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmUJaYqv15YsMocpn1s-fmZcmIH0GfwWVVhrCB4f_vgol5cOhFpJUWXwJf4IgB8v8ZCiOSzcIHIu48WSohOkm8-905n7p4llZQ8uceLrQX6St6vn9rmLf9Gc7cR6a5A2Xj1VRGwXTgg7au9d94G1C6M5TPdtZte6BfyBx8OF8_wuNdXvC_FMGOlroOX9GT/s320/favorite%20tree%202,%20March%202024.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCnxA79_0ysDO6HHytUKrtG2fDOp1ZYFwbIXDQwZ-qv0ZXJ2Q6q_DEnsadiVzvnDdzPOB90DbiNBnOn8wDKz56LSXX_WR8NIJaMndlzAtsbNqXT7HIg4v52gUSugrtxfD45QJEWGOQyBxqNCOJ2-wNnE_yQuii2kK4U5rpaLIkkT06hKauqvy7dq2vggqj/s533/favorite%20tree,%20March%202024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCnxA79_0ysDO6HHytUKrtG2fDOp1ZYFwbIXDQwZ-qv0ZXJ2Q6q_DEnsadiVzvnDdzPOB90DbiNBnOn8wDKz56LSXX_WR8NIJaMndlzAtsbNqXT7HIg4v52gUSugrtxfD45QJEWGOQyBxqNCOJ2-wNnE_yQuii2kK4U5rpaLIkkT06hKauqvy7dq2vggqj/s320/favorite%20tree,%20March%202024.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01998612837637048594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946513235838715075.post-79238735768045094932024-03-20T21:37:00.002-04:002024-03-20T21:37:34.790-04:00Forsythia20 March 2024: I knew today would be a long day, so I made myself stop for a minute on my morning walk and appreciate the huge patch of forsythia by Rumsey Park. Just a pause to take them in. One of my favorite signs of spring every year. <div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGkCerMhYCWuLXPUxENV3ghIN1I-o08nqNkkGryNoHS7JOxNDc1YOOkWntR6r7hwMmSEZ_gLRm-I63YMDFN4Rz3qOrjJ9DwTfcRO6sYNEojVGN6qEzTrwiy3O4gOMHH5XYI1iS2V9Xgw-6X2RbYi568An8KqeljVy4ONCZ7n24Hg82n9Fh1jfaKlN2Mcje/s2312/forsythia,%20March%202024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2312" data-original-width="1734" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGkCerMhYCWuLXPUxENV3ghIN1I-o08nqNkkGryNoHS7JOxNDc1YOOkWntR6r7hwMmSEZ_gLRm-I63YMDFN4Rz3qOrjJ9DwTfcRO6sYNEojVGN6qEzTrwiy3O4gOMHH5XYI1iS2V9Xgw-6X2RbYi568An8KqeljVy4ONCZ7n24Hg82n9Fh1jfaKlN2Mcje/s320/forsythia,%20March%202024.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01998612837637048594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946513235838715075.post-24295428507132759572024-03-19T21:54:00.002-04:002024-03-19T21:54:30.948-04:00Second week back...19 March 2024: Started the day off with an 8:00 a.m. meeting on campus. After that, I took a walk and then came home. From then, I worked more or less straight through until 6:00 and got <i>a lot done</i>, which feels good. Even better, though, was having a set-in-stone reason to stop <i>and</i> something fun to do: host trivia for the second week back. Another great crowd and just a fun time.Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01998612837637048594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946513235838715075.post-56220672756325535762024-03-18T20:58:00.005-04:002024-03-18T20:58:55.394-04:00Two...18 March 2024: After a <i>very </i>up and down day emotionally--and a 13-hour-on-campus-day--I am very glad about two things: my students and that I have two Senate meetings left. Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01998612837637048594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946513235838715075.post-38739089696913437132024-03-17T20:47:00.002-04:002024-03-17T20:47:08.729-04:00Spring Break Recap17 March 2024: So that's (just about) a wrap on Spring Break 2024. All in all, not bad! I got a lot done, did a couple of fun social things (the <a href="https://drheidih.blogspot.com/2024/03/oscar-party.html">Oscars party</a>, <a href="https://drheidih.blogspot.com/2024/03/lunch-with-carrie-and-eva.html">lunch with Carrie and Eva</a>, a Friday <a href="https://drheidih.blogspot.com/2024/03/love-lies-bleeding.html">movie</a>), did a couple of small projects at home, and caught up on sleep and relaxation a bit. Oh, and <a href="https://drheidih.blogspot.com/2024/03/hosting-again.html">trivia started up again</a>, too. <div><br /></div><div>I wish I didn't feel anxious and a bit melancholy about going back to normal tomorrow. But this rough year has just made things really hard. Heading back into it all just as the semester <i>really</i> picks up with advising, paper conferences, and everything else feels extra weighty this year. </div><div><br /></div><div>As I type this, I am thinking of ways to push back against the melancholy and anxiety. Spring weather will help, as it always does. So will blocking off days to work from home when I can. And writing progress is great for my morale. So...balance and boundaries, I suppose? </div>Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01998612837637048594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946513235838715075.post-50736556134152911362024-03-16T19:51:00.004-04:002024-03-16T19:51:28.879-04:00Two over break...16 March 2024: Finished my Ida B. Wells-Barnett entry today around 4:30. My goodness--it feels great. Two entries done during this break, with a bit of time to spare. The last part of the semester will be a bear, I know, but getting this much done will make that a bit easier. Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01998612837637048594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946513235838715075.post-83572482528792520652024-03-15T19:32:00.001-04:002024-03-15T19:35:46.529-04:00Love Lies Bleeding15 March 2024: What a fun time at the movies! <i>Love Lies Bleeding</i> is compelling, propulsive, strange, hot, bloody, gross, and just a terrific ride. Two killer performances from Kristen Stewart and Katy O'Brian, too. Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01998612837637048594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946513235838715075.post-52412031485510263542024-03-14T20:15:00.001-04:002024-03-14T20:15:10.063-04:00Amazing Ida B...14 March 2024: Spent the past few days reading and thinking about Ida B. Wells-Barnett, the subject of my next book entry. Obviously, she's amazing--tenacious, brave, and unwavering in her activism. It's been a kind of privilege to read about her. It's hard to pick just one bit of text to highlight, but this little excerpt from her memoir is pretty amazing, an indication of how she continued her public activism even after marriage and motherhood: “I honestly believe that I am the only woman in the United States who ever traveled throughout the country with a nursing baby to make political speeches” (244).<div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Work Cited</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Wells-Barnett, Ida B. <i>Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells</i>. Edited by Alfreda Duster, U of Chicago P, 1970.</div>Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01998612837637048594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946513235838715075.post-78571003062999909812024-03-13T20:29:00.002-04:002024-03-13T20:29:36.521-04:00Lunch with Carrie and Eva13 March 2024: In a Spring Break filled with (mostly) work (and I am not complaining about that), I am grateful to be racking up some first-class "fun" stuff: the Oscars party with H&C, being back at trivia, and then (today) having lunch with Carrie and Eva (who was in town for the day). So lovely to catch up with her, enjoy an <i>amazing</i> lunch outside at Bistro 112, and remember another way I am very lucky.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht8DapB0UJIitn54isDsM1pst10Y3yPmAoRLRoo9ANx4yJUthvVFgSKai94tpLxaIqsxvhcCxHrmIB7Y7Eomfv-4lQuI_ev7GLRjnE0EaQ65kpuNgcq8kRKzQperPJmMnD-ORPrPlANeW_JBcPXWhgL8W-AlLSLXx0DSObriPZnGbZLlA5tMhiMtE3Ncu-/s640/thumbnail_image5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="481" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht8DapB0UJIitn54isDsM1pst10Y3yPmAoRLRoo9ANx4yJUthvVFgSKai94tpLxaIqsxvhcCxHrmIB7Y7Eomfv-4lQuI_ev7GLRjnE0EaQ65kpuNgcq8kRKzQperPJmMnD-ORPrPlANeW_JBcPXWhgL8W-AlLSLXx0DSObriPZnGbZLlA5tMhiMtE3Ncu-/s320/thumbnail_image5.jpg" width="241" /></a></div>Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01998612837637048594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946513235838715075.post-14577015159336848672024-03-12T21:55:00.003-04:002024-03-12T21:55:22.187-04:00Hosting again!12 March 2022: Tonight was the first night of my new, regular trivia hosting gig at the newly reopened Rumsey Tavern. It felt great to be back at it. Even saw a bunch of new faces. The place was <i>packed</i>. I am just excited to have something new and social (and non-work-related) on my weekly calendar. Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01998612837637048594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946513235838715075.post-89999257952220133142024-03-11T12:20:00.001-04:002024-03-11T12:20:02.872-04:00"jollitude"11 March 2024:I think I could sit and think about this letter from Harriet Beecher Stowe to George Eliot for the rest of spring break. Stowe is teasing Eliot abotu <i>Middlemarch</i>'s seriousness: "My love, what I miss in this story is just what we would have if youcwould come to our tumble-down, jolly, improper, but joyous country,--namely, 'jollitude.' You write and live on so high a plane! It is all self-abnegation. We want to get you over here, and into this house, where, with closed doors, we sometimes make the rafters ring with fun, and say anything and everything, no matter what, and won't be any properer than we's a mind to be" (qtd. in Silvey 61). Silvey adds that the "house" that Stowe want Eliot to visit is Annie Fields' home in Boston. Just an amazing quotation that makes clear how small the writing world was in the nineteenth century. Moreover, Stowe <i>pretty accurately</i> describes what Eliot does in <i>Middlemarch</i> and it is just very funny to think that she believes some good old American "jollitude" can help a bit. <div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Work Cited</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Silvey, Jane. “It
All Began with <i>Jane Eyre</i>: The Complex Transatlantic Web of Women
Writers.” <i>Gaskell Journal</i>, vol. 19, 2005, pp. 52–68. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><br /></div>Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01998612837637048594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946513235838715075.post-86810457996886313102024-03-10T23:16:00.001-04:002024-03-10T23:16:08.050-04:00Oscar Party!10 March 2024: Cory and Hannah came over to watch the Oscars and it was such a blast. Just so lucky to have them as friends. Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01998612837637048594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946513235838715075.post-61404484859618721872024-03-09T22:55:00.001-05:002024-03-09T22:55:04.175-05:00"It's in the Bag"9 March 2024: Had a <i>great</i> time hanging out with Carrie, Rachael, John, and their kids at Rachael and John's this evening. We played "It's in the Bag," which is sort of like Taboo meets Celebrity. A couple weeks ago, Rachael and I talked about how we needed more hang-out sessions in our lives. This was a wonderful first step. Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01998612837637048594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946513235838715075.post-18318144467036531542024-03-08T19:05:00.004-05:002024-03-08T19:05:51.412-05:00Made it!<p>8 March 2024: Got home this evening and greeted the girls with an enthusiastic, "We made it!" Can't remember ever being <i>this read</i>y for spring break. </p>Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01998612837637048594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946513235838715075.post-65200038784928508322024-03-07T22:02:00.001-05:002024-03-07T22:02:05.607-05:00Ice cream friend date...7 March 2024: Yesterday's <a href="https://drheidih.blogspot.com/2024/03/ai-blues.html">"AI blues"</a> continued well into today. The less said about that, the better. And, unforunately, a whole blues album threatened to overshadow the day. (This is a tortured metaphor.) <div><br /></div><div>Then Hannah and I met up when she got off work, got some ice cream at Rock Hill Creamery, and talked for well over an hour. Just what I needed! </div>Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01998612837637048594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946513235838715075.post-8928453662455268082024-03-06T21:54:00.001-05:002024-03-06T21:54:23.343-05:00AI Blues...6 March 2024: Just emailed two students who used AI to write portions of their essays and told them they are getting zeroes. I am so freaking bummed about it. Almost every time I "catch" students doing this (or regular old plagiarism) it just makes me feel so bad. I hate it, hate it, hate it. <div><br /></div><div>Not how I wanted to this evening to go. This whole week has just been so very hard and exhausting. </div>Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01998612837637048594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946513235838715075.post-55322755535097129122024-03-05T21:54:00.002-05:002024-03-05T21:55:35.844-05:00Upstairs on a Tuesday5 March 2024: Except for a walk to the library to pick up some ILL books, I spent most of today upstairs working in my home office. I mean, I would come downstairs to stretch my legs and get my hourly steps or do a few chores, but more or less, I was up there working from 9-12, then walked to campus, and then back up there from 1-9 (!). <div><br /></div><div>It continues to be a place where I can get a lot done with fewer distractions. Genuinely baffled that I fell out of using it for such a long stretch.</div>Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01998612837637048594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946513235838715075.post-7444725484804548662024-03-04T21:01:00.004-05:002024-03-04T21:12:59.762-05:00Three...4 March 2024: My goodness! Another long and exhausting day, but! but! but! Only three more Senate meetings left. <div><br /></div><div>I did spend too much mental/emotional energy today feeling bad about <a href="https://drheidih.blogspot.com/2024/03/spring-preview.html">yesterday</a> and not getting more done, which is awfully interesting and (I hope) silly. </div>Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01998612837637048594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946513235838715075.post-12811512823399613682024-03-03T19:02:00.003-05:002024-03-03T19:02:51.244-05:00Spring preview...3 March 2024: If today is a taste of what spring will feel like (and what my post-Senate, post-book) days will be like, I am beyond ready for it. I pushed myself to finish everything on my work lists yesterday, so today, I just let myself have a work-free day. (A new weekly book "to do list" starts tomorrow, and two sections of ENGL 102 hand in big papers, so this bit of freedom will be short-lived.)<div><br /></div><div>Still...slept in a bit. Ambled through the grocery store. Read the paper. Started my new book club book. Watched the softball team's home opener (they won). Took a long walk. Opened the windows for a few hours. Took some time to cook a new recipe for dinner. I could get very used to this.</div><div><br /></div><div>Someone else enjoyed this taste of spring, too.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTlSLB3AIWtDFQWjNKfcAEBqUbxMQCmM-inGcw-spVQabQZXSoYk4p0RgnrcPAcB4Z-t8RwNZRSy256_7F6EpcD1uxHgUgw1R__H3v7X27loLwiNf2kzFEus62pwO6T4O6tfP1sUUFa35Y5eJrQQhMUm9apiEXFq1MzZtsSCy-bmBRdB0Qyds3aFiZ92EM/s2368/Veronica,%20early%20spring%20day,%20March%202024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2368" data-original-width="1515" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTlSLB3AIWtDFQWjNKfcAEBqUbxMQCmM-inGcw-spVQabQZXSoYk4p0RgnrcPAcB4Z-t8RwNZRSy256_7F6EpcD1uxHgUgw1R__H3v7X27loLwiNf2kzFEus62pwO6T4O6tfP1sUUFa35Y5eJrQQhMUm9apiEXFq1MzZtsSCy-bmBRdB0Qyds3aFiZ92EM/s320/Veronica,%20early%20spring%20day,%20March%202024.jpg" width="205" /></a></div>Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01998612837637048594noreply@blogger.com0