Tag Archives: Life

Off Which Dobbs Was the Worst I Could Think Of

The ups­cale but pri­va­tely owned cof­fee shop is crow­ded. I sip the dou­ble Espresso (meant to calm my sore throat), while rea­ding about the health care bill that covers an addi­tio­nal 31 million indi­vi­duals, the bill the insu­rance com­pa­nies and big phar­macy are pat­ting them­sel­ves on the back over. I won­der what will hap­pen

Bad Blood

Some days I wish I could sit on a park bench fee­ding birds all day, or at least spend all day watching those who do. Research, semi­nars, and wor­king with an assis­tant who oozes a musty/sweet asphy­xia­ting per­fume, are all wea­ring me down.
I love most every minute of my world, but there is that

Life Is Not A Beach

I spent the day at the Library of Con­gress. The hot­test day we’ve had all year, and early in the mor­ning, because I’d skip­ped my mor­ning run, I deci­ded to walk to the library from New Hampshire and M. I had snag­ged my aunts assistant’s par­king garage space for the day, a coup.

This One Goes Out To The One I Love

The Morocco trip star­ted as a great idea. With 5 days off, my second sum­mer ses­sion a week away, and a holi­day approaching, I was free. Saying yes to mee­ting him in Morocco was easy. Unrea­li­zed, the fact that taking off to Morocco on the spur of the moment was a dubious enter­prise.
I’d been