I truly do want some coffee, but with the onset of a cold that I’ll be cussing during the duration of it, I am drinking hot water. With a lemon slice. Too bad it’s not something really tasty. In fact, it’s…what’s the word? Sorta gross. Definitely gross.
As it’s Friday and my week has included the death of a former student and the high energy of my boys I knew the inevitable hitting-a-wall was on its way. This one is a sturdy brick one that showed no mercy. I sneezed 8 times in a row when I hit it. My throat is [...]
I’ve come to some realizations… My feet are big but my sons are bigger now and that somehow comforts me. This time of year I crave a clove cigarette and some hot apple cider but I know the clove cigarette will burn my lungs and not really be as tasty as I want it to [...]
When my job is good it is very very good. When it is bad my heart breaks. Today a former student died. He was murdered in his home. He was 18. Just a baby. We are all devastated. Goodbye, Carlos. I wish I had done more and I always will. This is onerous. I hate [...]
As dispassionate scribblings dictate, it’s time for some links. And some answers. 1. Belinda erroneously believes that the Black character in an ensemble cast always dies. Not true. Smoking Aces left my boyfriend Common alive as well as Alicia Keys. So there. 2. I’m sad. I got this fabulous invitation to be flown to San [...]
Lately, my writing is dispassionate. You all know this. You can feel it and while I’m weary of writing to the non-descript you, there is the obvious fact that you know who you are. I, too, know who you are. I’m just having trouble knowing who I am. It’s not my intention to live an [...]
Looking for some good advice, folks. LeahPeah asked me recently what advice I could give. I offered something my mother has said to me latterly. Yes, I just wanted to use the word “latterly”. Best advice given to you. Let me have it.
Because I am lame and late on Saturday’s post I thought I’d at least offer an explanation. See, what had happened was that my daughter came home for the weekend and I had a wedding to attend and then we all drove to Champaign to see Cirque du Soleil perform Saltimbanco… …is that a good [...]
With all the race card brouhaha going on, I have to say: there are some great and fun things I get to do in my job. I have a good time at work. Supervising lunch duty every day gives me an opportunity to interact with the students at a time when their guards are down [...]
I could have written an entire post in yesterday’s comments about the questions I read so I’ll devote some space here instead. It’s not as if, for example, I have to post something all month long just for the off chance that I may win a poster of Betty Boop or some other fascinating prize. [...]
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