Monthly Archives: March 2009

Sydney and I will both be teaching Freshman Writing Seminars this fall.  I’ll be teaching a course on non-linear narratives (stories that play with time and perspective), the course proposal for which I won the fellowship last spring.  This should … Continue reading →

We have been having the same discussion for almost four years now.  It’s time we got an outside view. When I’m sick, I want toast, tea, chicken soup, and apples.  Mild, comforting things. When Sydney’s sick, he wants chili, curry: … Continue reading →

Disorientation is the name of the game for now.  Good thing I have a full fridge and nowhere I have to be.  Perhaps today is not the day to start my chapter revisions . . . Erin

Taxes are done.  And, having allotted (in my mind) nearly a week to do them, I feel as though I have stolen time on my hands.  I couldn’t ask for a better gift! Erin

Car seats are a racket.  Pricey, ugly, heavy, and awkward.  Oh, and did I mention that you won’t be allowed to leave the hospital with your new babe unless you have one installed?  And, I believe, inspected by the local … Continue reading →

Sydney and I got an answering machine. Our old phone’s display no longer showed enough bars for us to guess at the caller’s number, and it cut off our wireless with each call, so it seemed like time for a … Continue reading →

Sydney recently told me that my afternoon on Sunday, March 8th was booked.  Having learned from past experience that Sydney’s surprises often resulted in fun afternoon concerts or walks, I didn’t ask too many questions.  When the day arrived, he … Continue reading →

New York Times article headline: “Humanities Ph.D.’s are Anticipating Hard Times” Number One, where have you been for the last thirty years?  The market hasn’t been good in the humanities for a long, long time!  And Number Two, even if … Continue reading →

It’s little wonder that the thrice-married Limbaugh, who uses “femi-Nazi,” “info-babe” …, among his monikers for women, can’t get a date with that demographic. Rush Limbaugh makes my skin crawl, but I would be curious to know how he managed … Continue reading →