My teaching schedule was weird today because of our State of the College address this morning. This gave me a little free time because my morning classes were cancelled. I went to my office with the intention of writing a blog post about… When I was a kid, I was taught to respect adults – my parents, my friends’ parents, teachers, any adult with whom I came into contact. Respect is a big thing when you are the child of…
The past week seems to have flown by! Last weekend we were in Baltimore because I had a NOAH board meeting. Though it was a quick trip and I had little free time, I enjoyed the getaway and change of scenery. Weber and I did have a bit of time to wander around Baltimore’s Inner Harbor on Friday afternoon before my meeting began at 6. It was interesting to see another lightship. My dad was instrumental in restoring a similar…
Today’s Capture Your 365 photo prompt is “Where I Work.” I was excited by this prompt because it encouraged me to take photos in a place where I normally am not thinking about my camera. The sad part here is that it is the place that I have come nearly every work day for the past 23 years and of which I have very few photos. As I walked in to school this morning, I was thinking about the possibilities…
“Music for Hope” Today was a busy day, but a “good” busy day. It was one filled with friends, food, family, a little shopping and music. What it was not filled with was time for today’s photo. In the few minutes that I was home in between shopping and leaving for the concert at church, I did think to put a generic lens on my camera and put it in my bag “just in case” there was something that would…
I moved to Texas in 1983 with the intention of staying maybe two or three years, however long it took for me to earn my Master’s degree. Twenty-eight years later I am still here, having now lived in Texas more than half of my life. Until moving to the Dallas area, I had never lived in any one place longer than four years. Just in case you are wondering, my family was not on the run from the law or…
I am getting to that age where I find myself saying, “Times sure have changed!” I am learning to live happily with some of these changes. Like .. . Grocery sacks that have moved from paper to plastic to reusable Paying all my bills without licking a single stamp or envelope The ability to carry every music recording I own with me at all times thanks to my iPod Pets can be micro chipped so that should they get lost,…
Well, I have made it through another semester. As of 11:17 yesterday, I am a free woman – until I start getting all those complaints from students who are not happy with their grades. “Why did YOU GIVE ME a C?”“It was a gift. I could have given you the F you deserve.”“I was not failing your class.”“No, not until you turned it the paper of which 80% was copied and pasted from Wikipedia.”“But I worked hard on that paper….