I’ve been here in Maine for several weeks and have spent most of my time being determinedly on vacation. From just about everything. I’ve been eating, drinking, playing, sleeping, watching TV, sleeping, eating, drinking, playing… and that’s about all. And yet as I sat down to write this, I realized that I could spend hours [...]
This morning I played Scrabble with God.
Yeah, I know, you’ll probably find me either sacrilegious or crazy… but I don’t have another explanation. I had just sat myself down by the stove, where I turned on the fan so that I could enjoy my first cigarette and cup of coffee of the day – jump-starting [...]
… I just have to share this with you. I’m not a knitter, but a crocheter – and am not so sure that I deserve to even say that about myself, given that what I mostly crochet is long strips of things to give away to family and friends… (I have, however, bought a pattern [...]
Little did I know that someone was listening as we rehearsed “Ubi caritas” a few days ago… Not only listening, but recording! Hmm… Well, given that he calls our French School choir a “cool extracurricular art”, he’s definitely forgiven for his stealth. Hear a few moments of our rehearsal and read about us and other [...]
An odd occurrence… I came across a website which had taken a quote from my blog… of ALL quotes, oh my!
“Accidents occur mostly because of the stupid, macho attitude of Lexus drivers and oversized vehicles who think they own the road… But if you piddle along like you should, you’re pretty safe.”
This is an excerpt [...]
Some photos of a choir rehearsal last week here at Midd… thanks, Alexis!
See them in the Middlebury 2009 Gallery.
Sunday night, another rainy day… but at least it’s not raining now.
This Middlebury Summer is not what I’d hoped it would be in some ways, and yet in others it’s been magical. The weather has been dreary, wet and cold; not what any of us were hoping for. It depresses me in particular to think [...]
The campus – my usual haunts
The hospital – for occasional medical attention
Checking in to say hi. It’s the middle of the session, or almost, and Meltdown Moments have begun in several quarters.
After the excitement of the first few days (arrival, greeting old friends, meeting new ones, discovering our classes and students, checking out the goods at T. J. Max…) a period sets in where the food [...]
I put this in my Whizzdoms, but I cannot resist posting it too…
After 40 a woman has to choose between losing her figure or her face. My advice is to keep your face and stay sitting down.
Dame Barbara Cartland
