14 October 2009

Home

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Every year, the department in which I teach holds an "open house." In it, refreshments are served (the biggest draw of all--but d...
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12 October 2009

How Not To Get Lost

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Today is Columbus Day. Some people had the day off from work, and kids from school--to celebrate a guy who got lost. At least, if any man h...
11 October 2009

I Can't Be A Ninety-Day Wonder

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Today is ninety days. If you've been reading this blog, you might be thinking, "No, that was last week." Yes, last Monday cam...
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10 October 2009

Autumn Wind

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The sun disappeared behind, then reappeared from, clouds that streamed across a sky in which the gray of this morning's rain turned almo...
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09 October 2009

A Nobel Laureate and a Full Professor

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Barack's daughters mentioned the Nobel Prize, the family dog's birthday and the upcoming long weekend in the same sentence. Not bad...
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08 October 2009

Another Countdown

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Today I saw the doctor. Next week I see my gynecologist again. My fingers are still crossed: I hope to get the "all clear" sign...
07 October 2009

Three Months: One Woman to Another

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I can't believe it's been three months since my surgery. Soon, I'm supposed to be more or less normal. That is to say, if my ...
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05 October 2009

A Full Moon Follows a Dull Day

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Today I wasn't feeling particularly energetic. At least I took a walk of about a mile before I went to work. The weird thing is that now...
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04 October 2009

Miss Manners I'm Not

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Did some walking today and I'm tired now. But at least it stimulated my senses and my mind and gave me some badly-needed exercise. Alon...
03 October 2009

What Would Grandma Think of an Escapee? A Parolee?

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The other day was my maternal grandmother's birthday. Today is the anniversary of her death. The latter, I realized much later, sent me...
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01 October 2009

I Can See Clearly Now

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Tonight is one of those really classic early autumn nights, even if it's a bit chilly for this time of year. The air is crisp, almost b...
29 September 2009

Loving What Never Was

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Have you ever looked at a photo of someone in his or her youth and said--to yourself or whoever happened to be in earshot--"Wow! I wis...
28 September 2009

Singing for Every Tatter

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An aged man is but a paltry thing, A tattered coat upon a stick, unless Soul clap its hands and sing, and louder sing For every tatter in it...
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26 September 2009

Flying On The Ground Is Not Wrong, Just Inevitable

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Tonight Millie and I went to a dance recital at LaGuardia Community College, where I used to teach. The irony is that the only people I kne...
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25 September 2009

Submission To A Small World

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Today I met with the Director of Community Services of SAGE (Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders). Seeing Tom didn't make me woozy wi...