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I’ve been feeling rather desperate the last few days, trying to quickly write a paper on a difficult, technical subject about which I know very little (on a priority, for those of you to whom that means anything). I handed … Continue reading →

This may only be funny to one who has spent more than two months of the past year helping students work through the novel Persuasion, but I thought I would throw it out there, anyway. Many of my students cited … Continue reading →

I’m still feeling the effects of busy-semester stress, and grading my students’ final papers was almost more than I could bear yesterday.  But! the semester is now at an end, as is my role as a student taking classes.  All … Continue reading →

I’ve been eating continuously for the last couple of weeks, and my appetite hasn’t helped me stay away from the end-of-the-year goodies that are all over the place.  No, before you jump to conclusions, I’m not eating for two.  But … Continue reading →

The last few days have been full of food. We never have famine in this house, but for awhile I was really keen on plates of fruit-cheese-bread, just because I didn’t have time or energy to cook things, and neither, … Continue reading →

We didn’t really have the time, but we desperately needed a break from class work, so Erin and I spent a couple of hours walking around in Sapsucker Woods (the woods around the Cornell Lab of Ornithology) this afternoon. It … Continue reading →

Chanticleer was great.  They sang songs from the 16th century, many from the 20th century, and at the end tossed out a few jokes and a few more relaxed numbers.  The only thing Sydney and I weren’t quite sure about: … Continue reading →

I ask whether Chanticleer is a men’s group or mixed voices, and Sydney replies, “Yup, that’s why they’re so good.” He’s been goading me with comments like that all week, just to see if I turn bright red. I get … Continue reading →

Sydney and I are going to see Chanticleer (an early music men’s group) tomorrow evening. They have a large following, a ton of recordings out, and we listen to their music more than frequently. Sydney has wanted to see them … Continue reading →

Man, we’re falling apart near the end of things.  It’s the last two weeks of our last year of classes, and we’re a mess.  Sydney is stalked by a fever, easily overwhelmed after a semester of stress, and sleep-deprived.  My … Continue reading →