Category: Personal

  • September Status Report

    Following my friend Lisa, I am going to inundate you with present participles and ellipses. Sitting….at the school table beside Hannah. Helping….Hannah with her math lesson. Drinking…sweet tea. Finishing…this math lesson so I can start some lunch.  We’re having sandwiches.  Again. Reading…Isaiah.  Despite missing many days and having to catch-up, I’m persevering in my year-long…

  • Would you ever…

    I had to take our van to a mechanic’s shop this morning to get a little tire repair done.  I took a book with me, of course.  After a chapter or two, it became difficult to keep my eyes open.  I wanted so badly to just lean my head back and close my eyes for…

  • A 15-minute post

    I am in the midst of a 15-minute break and am forcing myself to blog.  My little yellow header bird tweets in the morning, “It’s been too long since our last (up)date.  Please write.”  Truth be told, I have missed pounding this keyboard. Doing this with a timer set reminds me of the daily writing…

  • Peeking out

    It’s a good thing WordPress remembered my log-in info for me because memory of my online data has almost faded.  I can recall my childhood phone numbers and addresses before my passwords.  I tried signing-in on my Twitter account the other day and failed three times before I tried the right combination of log-in name…

  • Thankful Thursday

    Today I am thankful for calendars that ring bells half an hour before I’m supposed to be somewhere or do something. I think I may need one that can tell me the date and the day of the week.  Wednesday morning I kept thinking it was Tuesday.  Then, by Wednesday evening, I thought it was…