Bardiac

I tried to post on the Top Left Quadrant site, but seem to be unable.  Or something.  But I was able to post with a different browser. I...

At least that's the way it feels around here.  There's a constant drizzle punctuated by some serious downpours.  I don't feel li...

The other day, I sat in on a violin master class.  I've sat in on a few different master classes for musicians these past couple of year...

I didn't finish the revision, but I wrote the narrative stuff for my promotion application.  It took a while, but wasn't as horrid a...

When I took up the violin, I hoped to one day be able to play in a community orchestra, to make music with other folks.  A few weeks ago, my...

I'm making progress on my revision work, which is a good thing, because I have to get it submitted this week.  Wish me luck. Last week...

I made some progress on various fronts this week, all of which are good.  And yesterday I had a fabulous day.  It started at the farmers...

The semester starts for everyone else this week, and for me, it's time to really buckle down. The big goal this week is to revise an e...

I've returned from my adventure, about which I'll be blogging in the next few days, if only so I can enjoy seeing the pictures later...

I'm mostly packed, and head out tomorrow morning. Keep your fingers tightly crossed that they somehow put out the fire in CA near Yose...

I got my restart.  I did some hiking, some research/writing, and finished the mid-summer weeding of the garden. My trip is slowly coming t...

What a bust of a week last week and so far this week. There's the Yosemite camping trip in the works, and I've decided to drive ou...

I'm late posting this week's post because I'm feeling a bit bad that I didn't get much done last week. I did finish a draf...

I've been reading a bit about "unessay"s and am listing a couple of links so that I can find them again when next fall comes a...

I started reading Karen Joy Fowler's We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves the other day, and I had the weird feeling that I've r...

I went to a "town hall" meeting held by the Republican senator from my state, and it was literally held in a town hall of a town t...

This week, thanks to Top Left Quadrant , I started writing an essay.  I'd put outlining the essay as one of my goals, and so felt just e...

I wrote before about trying to sort out the union local's books.  I don't know what the previous treasurer was doing, but it apparen...

Today, I went on what's probably the longest hike I've ever been on, 7 miles (according to my Garmin).  42 floors up (46 down, accor...

It's week 3, and I've been busy, but not accomplishing much, if that makes sense.  And feeling a bit worried about that. And then ...