Idle Days are Over

Sep 10th, 2009 Posted in General, News, Personal, USA | 2 comments »
wineglass

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 [...]

Playing Scrabble with God

Sep 7th, 2009 Posted in General, Personal, USA | 4 comments »
oh_bonnie

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 [...]

Knitters’ revenge

Aug 23rd, 2009 Posted in General, USA, sounds | one comment »

… 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 [...]

Choir spies!

Aug 12th, 2009 Posted in General, USA, sounds | 4 comments »

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 [...]

Foreshadowing

Aug 11th, 2009 Posted in Cambodia, General, Personal, USA | one comment »

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 [...]

Choir rehearsal

Aug 3rd, 2009 Posted in Photos, USA | one comment »

Some photos of a choir rehearsal last week here at Midd… thanks, Alexis!
See them in the Middlebury 2009 Gallery.

Days of wine and tamtams

Aug 2nd, 2009 Posted in General, Personal, USA | one comment »
bw_brellie

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 [...]

Bonnie places

Jul 23rd, 2009 Posted in Personal, Photos, USA | no comment »
Le Midd de Bonnie

The campus – my usual haunts

The hospital – for occasional medical attention

Melting down and shoring up

Jul 17th, 2009 Posted in General, News, Personal, USA | 2 comments »
potter

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 [...]

Can’t resist…

Jul 13th, 2009 Posted in General, Personal, USA | no comment »

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