We were supposed to get to Toronto about 2:00 in the afternoon, but ended up not arriving till 4:00. The main downside was we had to lug our big suitcases on the rush hour subway. A Canadian-nice young guy gallantly helped me carry mine up the stairs to the street despite somebody behind us yelling … [Read more…]
Mostly I was on a tear to use up anything that wouldn’t keep while we’re at TIFF, and get all CSA veggies processed. On Friday I was going to make pizza, and I left some pizza dough rising in the fridge before I left for work. As it turned out Mark didn’t get back from … [Read more…]
I’m in some kind of long dry spell, not inspired to take many pictures or write, and barely even any time to cook. Here’s a few pictures, because somehow the last few weeks I’m incapable of doing anything else. The featured image is book sale discards. I am hopeful that I will get better when … [Read more…]
Monday I made a pie. Tuesday Mark and I ate some of it for dinner, with ice cream. Thursday I took the last of it to work, and brought home the empty pie dish. Wednesday I made a test batch of Mexican chocolate rice pudding that was the dessert for the Eat Smart in Mexico … [Read more…]
Gentle reader, please know, I finished grading on Sunday at about 6:30. Now it’s Wednesday at about 9:00, and I’m just getting finished with this post … Back then, I said, “Yay! Now only two syllabi and two online classes to get written and up and running, in two weeks. Can I put my pajamas … [Read more…]
Part of being this age is being unable to escape this song for this birthday. I just scrolled through the comments on the YouTube and some of them are pretty good, especially the guy who said he never thought he’d get to 64, which seemed impossibly old back in 1967 when Sargeant Pepper’s came out … [Read more…]
Do much of anything. I feel so behind on writing, it’s hard to get started back in. I’ll see if I can kind of pick up the highlights. Both my garage remodel and the new online student orientation started Monday. I’ve been trying to take a pic or two everyday – here’s what there is … [Read more…]
Since 2010, I’ve been the main organizer for an in-person orientation that the iSchool where I teach puts on for new graduate students beginning the online program. A few years ago, one of my colleagues who is retiring this summer, started to say that Bootcamp ruins the summer, and she’s right, and this year, the … [Read more…]
In the continuing saga of the broken AC, first the AC guy came Monday morning. It was astonishingly fast after I had called them, but he couldn’t fix it – he said it’s an electrical problem (cost: $125). The electrician came Tuesday morning – I had a moment of being in a Firesign Theatre album, … [Read more…]
After the cold wet spring (and late cold winter) we had some just beautiful weather for awhile there, I guess it was back in June, dry and cool, into the 50s at night so nice for sleeping, and not too humid. But I had to turn on the AC last week – Tuesday I slept … [Read more…]