I can’t decide if last week was the last week of summer, or if it’s really this one. It’s a late Labor Day, Sept. 5, and the high school kids have 2 days of school beforehand, but the college kids don’t go back until after. Either way, the school year is cranking up – I’ve … [Read more…]
On Sunday morning I got up and we had finally trapped a couple of raccoons. I think the trap slamming shut waked me at 4:30 AM, and when I went out a little before 7:00, there they were. Note how, in less than three hours, the one on the left – the mean one – … [Read more…]
Friday afternoon I had just finished saving all three of the syllabi I have due on Monday, and was wondering if it was time to check with John & Megan if they were still coming to Madison this weekend as planned, when John called to say they were not coming – because they had gotten … [Read more…]
Yesterday first thing I brought a slug in with the morning paper. That wasn’t so bad. On Saturday when we were getting our bikes out to go to the market, Mark noticed that the screen was ripped on the vent window in the attic. I kind of knew about it; I’d seen mice up there, … [Read more…]
Today I’m sixty-one. We spent a couple of days in Door County, and I came back first; Mark stayed – so I had the house to myself on my birthday eve. I woke up with just me & the fluffy kitty, and tried to get motivated to go out for a walk. That didn’t happen, … [Read more…]
The theme for this week is corn, and the new Graduate students’ orientation/Bootcamp I’m coordinating, and binge-watching Outlander before they take it down Thursday. And not blogging. [portfolio_slideshow pagerpos=disabled] Mark’s been in Chicago since a week ago Monday, except for coming to meet me in Milwaukee to see the Baseball Project, last Wednesday. So of … [Read more…]