Monthly Archives: December 2006

A week from today I will be back in school, the second semester of my new life.  I am looking forward to it, though I am also throughly enjoying the weeks off between semesters.  To have this time without work … Continue reading →

I started painting again tonight.  I put my brush down the day Dad was killed and haven’t picked it up since.  It will be two years tomorrow. The urge to paint again has become stronger over the months since I’ve been back in school; … Continue reading →

So this is what it must be like to be retired.  Sort of.  No school.  No job.  No responsibilities (at least today).  I don’t even know what day this is, and certainly don’t know the date.  I spent the day … Continue reading →

Today as my bus went by the Nichols Arboretum I said my customary silent hello to my folks.  (There’s a memorial to them there.)  It was an almost sunny day, warm for mid-December.  In my head I told my Mom that it … Continue reading →

Another year done…a new one beginning…I hope it’s more fun! I know the new year will be more fun!  I will be in school the entire year.  I sit today in the undergraduate library, having edited (again) my group’s final paper … Continue reading →

So at long last the “LONG” paper is done.  Of course this particular long paper, a detailed study of a collection meant to prove how much I have learned about collections and social systems (what IS a social system  you … Continue reading →

As the semester nears its end, and I write and rewrite the “long” paper for a class I wonder.  Is it enough?  Should I add more?  Am I on track?  When IS enough enough? I have several other classes to … Continue reading →