My winter break got cut short by my unhappy discovery that our syllabi for spring term classes are due Jan 10 – I was operating on the blissful assumption that I had till the 17th. So I’ve spent way too much of the weekend on the computer, trying to get the syllabi for my two […]
Looks like my Johnny Depp tag is getting too small, so thought I better do a Johnny post. I am allowed to think Johnny’s cute, because he looks like my older son. I am looking forward to the movie version of Dark Shadows. The original was on afternoon TV when I was in grade school. […]
A lot of people have been saying that 2011 was a sucky year. In the women’s bathroom at the co-op the other day, on the chalkboard provided for grafitti, it said, “good riddance to 2011” but underneath someone else had written, “never wish for time to go away – it’s all you’ve got”, and below […]
I’m going to go ahead and tell you all the things that didn’t come out quite right – by my lights, not the diners – on the New year’s day brunch menu. First I somehow went brain dead, and instead of pilaf-ing the Hoppin’ John – that is transferring the rice and beans and liquid […]