Sorry I've been so silent in this little world, as you might imagine, I've been spending much more time in my garden (it's weederiffic right now but I have a vision for it) and with my family. My class is over and I do think my students learned something, I know I did.

It's been sunnier and Spring-ier than any of us expected (we only signed on for a few days of warm up here in Upstate, but the truth is we all know there is no 'time when danger of frost has passed'). And I've been trying to make better daily decisions as well as I can:

just not letting things 'get under my fingernails' or get me cross at work or on the bus or what-have-you

wear a little pedometer and eat more fruits and veggies to see if I can be healthier

take the early bus so that I can stop at the hipster coffee shop across from the music school and then walk the couple of blocks to my little museum that could (sometimes can?)

following my curiosity to learn into little classes like one about writing micro-fiction because I'm hungry to be learning, thinking, writing

realizing that I don't have to DECIDE to enter the academy even if I do decide to sign up for a class or two...maybe a phd in Visual Studies but what does that mean and I did learn many moons ago that a phD doesn't make one smart....oh, yes, I do not have to DECIDE the big picture, just the little details of every day

read more, including novels like this one

trying to maintain friendships across the country and the block even if I am a bit too blah to call, I can write letters

yes and keeping lists

Other things to share:

Renee and Tiffany's (Two Girls Working) book is coming out soon and their project is a great one.

OK, then, more soon I hope...I'll try...thanks for listening!
Rachael