"Out of hopeful green stuff woven..."

5 October 2025: Just caught the last 30 minutes of this movie, one of my favorites. Could not get enough of it when I was young. Man, it sti...

4 October 2025: "It is good to mourn and wish it weren't so." --Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles Started listening to thi...

3 October 2025: My goodness-- this poem , which I read this morning, has been on my mind all day. It's achingly specific for this poet, ...

2 October 2025: From my walk this morning down by Rumsey Park. These little purple beauties make me smile.

1 October 2025: Thought I might be home by 5:30 or so today. Turned out to be off by 90 minutes or so and rolled in a bit after 7:00. That...

30 September 2025: I didn't know anything  about Samantha Smith before I listened to this episode of You're Wrong About...  today o...

29 September 2025: Guest-hosting trivia at Captain Bender's this week and next. It has been a long day and I am bone-tired, but that was...

28 September 2025: My original "to do" list for today was pretty stacked. It would have meant a slog of a day, without much room t...

 27 September 2025: Good thing someone posted this sign right by our table at this morning's open house. These three English professors ...

26 September 2025:  [Catch-up post] What a sweet movie The Wedding Banquet  is! Carrie and Rachel came over on Friday night to watch it. I h...

25 September 2025:  "Dr. Hanrahan!"  That's how Roy, a student I don't think I've seen in at least a year, greeted me ...

24 September 2025: With apologies to Wallace Stevens , four ways of looking at my morning walk, from about 7:50 to 8:30 a.m., on this, the d...

23 September 2025: Who knew that cats could get irritable bowel disease? Well, now I know because Jo has it. She'll be fine, but she sca...

22 September 2025: Lots on my mind tonight (not all bad!) but doing an okay job working through things and staying steady. Thinking about th...

21 September 2025: Took my walk today while on the phone with Vogel (such developments are much easier since I joined the 21st century and a...