I’m in my third week of work at my new job. Today is a day of meetings, for the most part. I’ll have some time at the end of the day to work on a grant proposal. It’s been fairly easy transition. The staff has been helpful and patient with me as I learn my…
I tried my hand at some songwriting last week, inspired by a ukulele sitting on my kitchen counter. My husband told me to keep my day job. Still, I like that it prompts some cherished and warm memories in the cold darkness of winter. We’ve been to the Hawaiian islands three times in the last…
Last week I fell behind on my daily blog postings. Writing these posts is something I truly enjoy doing. Truthfully, it is something that I want to do everyday. When I cannot get to it, after almost two years of posting daily, I feel like something is missing or I’m not living up to an…
This week I prepared a lesson on cacti for my garden club students. It’s a great lesson for the February or anytime in the winter, as it can be conducted inside. So many of our days have been sub-zero this year, it was proactive thinking to have a lesson that didn’t include being out-of-doors. Teaching…
Today is Poetry Friday. Early this morning my sister-in-law contacted me to make sure we were okay. She keeps tabs on us from afar, partially through reading my daily blog posts. I have not posted in two days! You have to go all the way back to July to see another block of time void…
Today is Tuesday, right?! We are all still a little mixed up in our house due to the four days we had off last week for inclement weather, otherwise known as a deep freeze! Well into my second full week of work at a new job, I am trying and succeeding at finding a routine. …
As my husband prepared to retire last fall, we had several discussions about this upcoming life transition. He was finishing a career spanning 29 years. I was finishing graduate school – for the second time in my life. I had applied for a couple of jobs over the last year, but neither seemed to be…
Dear Diary: This week was really odd. Our school district closed an unprecedented four consecutive days. Colleges canceled classes, and even the YMCA was closed! But, not everything got canceled. Monday: First, it was for a snowstorm in which we accumulated 8 inches in our driveway. We got a text on Sunday evening that school…