Bardiac

After a really wonderful and restful break, I'm having a good week.  Sometimes, things work like that. First, a good friend and amazin...

It's been a productive AND restful break! Here's what my list looked like: 1.  Grade 12 more papers. 2.  Reread Faustus for ...

I still haven't heard from either of the students who didn't turn in a paper.  Argh. But I've made other progress! 1.  Grad...

I finished grading my stack and realized that two students didn't turn in papers.  I emailed both.  (One had a family problem before, so...

Good day, but much faffing around.  I did grade more papers, so now I have 2 left for tomorrow.  And then that part of the week will be done...

Yesterday afternoon, I read my friend's book (good, and very fun for me), put the switchplates and such back in the living room, and wit...

Officially, it starts at 5pm today.  But this morning, the parking lot was way less full than usual.  (Generally, if I'm not parked by 8...

I have two hour class periods with my first year writing course one day a week.  (It's a five hour a week course, so we have one two hou...

Last summer, I had the old off-white carpet removed from my main floor, and replace with beautiful oak hardwood floors.  I went from this t...

My social media feeds have pretty much exploded with posts and comments about Sherman Alexie, most in response to Debbie Reese's post ...

For some reason, this semester seems especially taxing.  Personally, I feel happy and physically healthy. I'm upset about Fie's b...