Monthly Archives: June 2008

– Despite having spent the last week packing, Sydney caught me without something important just as we walked out the door: “Okay, Erin, I’m not forgetting anything dumb like my passport, right?”  “Oh, no, you aren’t . . . but … Continue reading →

Sydney and I are heading out tomorrow morning for the long drive to Nova Scotia.  Right now he’s frowning over his computer and looking a bit peaked; I’m feeling the energy burst of packing, but a bit tired as well.  … Continue reading →

I got back around noon from a number of errands and strawberry-picking with some new acquaintances.  As I unloaded the strawberries from the car, I decided to try to make it all in one trip (this is where the stupidity … Continue reading →

This evening Sydney took a look at the dinner I’d made and said “Outside.”  He strung up the hammock while I finished up the salads and carried the plates outside.  I set the plates down on a bench and immediately … Continue reading →

After three years of living with a vegetarian (and eating mostly vegetarian myself), I finally got a salad spinner.  Good thing, since the only remaining head of lettuce in the garden (before the next crop comes up) is roughly 18 … Continue reading →

I dropped by the grocery store this morning to stock up for our upcoming trip to Nova Scotia.  Among the goodies were a couple of bars of chocolate.  When I got home this afternoon I was pleased to see that … Continue reading →

My department seems to be doing its best to make me a good candidate for teaching positions when I start applying for jobs.  In my first year of teaching I was one of three grad students to teach sections of … Continue reading →

It’s been nice and quiet this morning while I was hard at work on my prospectus and paper that are due shortly. I just found out why:

There is time enough for every thing, in the course of the day, if you do but one thing at once; but there is not time enough in the year, if you will do two things at a time … … Continue reading →

For the past week or so Sydney and I have been foiled in our attempts to get the garden in order; we’d hoped to get things tidied up before we head to Nova Scotia and let it all run wild … Continue reading →