"Out of hopeful green stuff woven..."

31 July 2021: Went with Amy to pick up Luther in Baltimore. She's keeping him for a few days while he waits for his handler to arrive ba...

30 July 2021: Like so many people, I find myself getting really nervous (and frustrated and angry and sad) about COVID again. Tonight, Amy a...

29 July 2021:  Channeled a bit of these BabyCat vibes today (after mowing the lawn). Didn't snooze, but took a long bath and then worked...

28 July 2021: A mixed bag of a day emotion/thought-wise, but I have a complete draft of my SSAWW paper about In the Dream House and that fee...

27 July 2021: I got the sweetest note and gift in campus mail today. I won't be too specific, but I will say that it made me smile and i...

26 July 2021: Got back at my writing projects today after being off since Friday. It felt good and I made some decent progress on one of the...

25 July 2021: Seven years ago, I was with some of these dear friends the day I learned about Ryan's death. In the aftermath of that, thi...

24 July 2021:  [Catch up post.] Day Two was pretty perfect, too.

23 July 2021:  [Catch up post.] So happy to have reunited with these friends. Bliss.

22 July 2021: Just checked off the last item on my work to-do list for the week. Now it's onto packing and mini-vacay mode. And I can do...

21 July 2021: New Brandi Carlile track dropped today. Amazing.

20 July 2021: Stopped for a moment as I walked under a row of crepe myrtles this morning. Was struck by how pretty that stretch of the stree...

19 July 2021: That's the word the vet used to describe this old man at his appointment today. He behaved atrociously  but everything loo...

18 July 2021: Besides a bit of yard work (which was a even kind of pleasant because of the lovely weather), I didn't do a lick of work t...

17 July 2021: With a round of storms moving through today, the heat has broken a bit. I've got the windows and back door open and it...