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Time for More Pictures, Don't You Think?
Mom and I spent a scant 36 hours in Buffalo Valley, checking out the old haunts and seeing only a few of all our loved ones there. My Dad's brothers and sister and families hosted a picnic on the Susquehanna River for… -
Perfectionism, Procrastination, and Pictures
I think the label "perfectionist" was the highest praise I remember receiving as a child. Not that we had a shortage of hugs or anything; that was simply how I rolled and my mother loved me for it. Later in life, when … -
Oh, My Foot!
In what seemed this morning to be a clever move, I decided to break in a new pair of shoes today before the fall semester begins. But by the time I got to work, the preventative band-aids were already slipping out of pl… -
Pictures, Pictures!
Mom and I arrived Friday afternoon, back at last to Missouri's sunny mugginess. Saturday morning Mom began the last leg of her trip back to Oklahoma--a long 9 hour drive. We had a great time, but returned exhausted. E… -
Family Intersections
Last night after midnight Mom and I arrived at a sleepy motel in the boondocks of northwestern Pennsylvania. It was the only place in the area that wasn't roundly denounced by on-line reviewers, and it turned out to be … -
Hi and Bye
So the weekend went well, but the day after everyone left, a stomach bug laid me flat. For two days I tried to manage the nausea and headaches with lots of rest and ginger ale, and today I'm back at work only slightly q… -
Reality Check
It seems that cleaning an entire house's six month's worth of crud and chaos is difficult to squeeze into a two-day period. Even though it was a thrill to run the dishwasher for the first time in a month, gathering up a… -
Good news from a far country
In a week's time a younger brother and a younger sister have both called me for no apparent reason other than just to say hello. And they weren't asking for money either. What is this world coming to? All I know is … -
Now there's a question...
"Aughhhhh! Why is it that everything I whip runs away from me?" -Homer Simpson reflecting on his fleeing family and escaped sled dogs in The Simpsons Movie Not that I'm actually watching this movie today, but … -
I'm In
Now what?When my promised campus visit didn't pan out last fall, I didn't really think I had a chance of getting into grad school. I finally quit bugging the graduate office and proceeded with my application anyway. Wh…
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