Monthly Archives: March 2007

I sowed two flats of peppers today, thereby officially starting the new garden season. A few days ago it really did feel like spring, though right now it definitely doesn’t. We’ve had quite a bit of snow in the last … Continue reading →

This afternoon I swapped recipes with my friend Laura. Turns out her household and mine go in for the same kind of cooking: one-course meals that contain a number of spices and a variety of vegetables. How nice to benefit … Continue reading →

Now we have to see what we can make of it . . . Erin

Today after coming home from teaching my section (the last thing I had to do before spring break), I decided to go out and feed birds for a while as a way to start relaxing after two of the more … Continue reading →

Sydney delivered a paper at his department workshop this afternoon. This is the paper that he’s been fretting about for some time and has been pounding out on my keyboard for the last several days. He did quite well! I … Continue reading →

I think I met our opossum again today. At least he looked the same and was near where we saw the one yesterday. But today he politely stood at the side of the road until I passed. Sydney

This week I’m teaching my students part of John Milton’s Paradise Lost. For those who haven’t had the pleasure of reading it, it’s a retelling of the story of Adam and Eve in order to “justify the ways of God … Continue reading →

As we drove home from campus this evening, we came across this huge opossum sitting in the middle of the road. He looked a bit scruffy, like he hadn’t had time to groom himself after a long sleep. He also … Continue reading →

“Was Mrs. Wilcox one of the unsatisfactory people – there are many of them – who dangle intimacy and then withdraw it? They evoke out interests and affections, and keep the life of the spirit dawdling round them. Then they … Continue reading →

A week from today we’ll begin spring break. Wonderful! A whole week in which we won’t have to go in to campus every day, and I won’t have to prepare for and teach a class (much less grade papers!). But … Continue reading →