There were two students in the back of the room talking. Loudly. Furiously. It was fine. You see, a couple weeks ago we had a class retrospective: List one thing that you thought went well last semester and one thing that we could do differently. The responses were varied, but the most frequent suggestion was […]
Yearly Archives: 2025
No Laah Sahnse
Sun, 26 Jan 2025, 08:17 AM (-06:00)
This source: Tom Tomorrow, hat tip: anticap brings this to mind.
Pretty Morning
Sun, 19 Jan 2025, 09:00 AM (-06:00)
At the door, we ran thru the checklist. Lunch? Keys? Coffee? Phone (required for logging in)? I have been known to forget things. “Brain.” I mumbled. Trudy smiled and gave me a smooch. “Pretty morning,” she said, pointing at rose-tinted clouds in the west. “Pretty morning,” I dutifully repeated. … I must tell you, the […]
Stopping by Laundry on a Chilly Evening
Wed, 8 Jan 2025, 08:08 PM (-06:00)
The hot chocolate was comforting — keeping the biting cold of that arctic blast at bay. (I mean, I think it’s 39 degrees out there!) Anyway… I’m at the sink in the kitchen rinsing out the dark cobalt-blue mug when the fair and industrious Trudy comes back from the living room at a brisk pace. […]
The Consequences of the Consequences of Milkweed
Thu, 2 Jan 2025, 04:18 PM (-06:00)
The two tropical milkweed plants in the corner of the backyard had a good year, growing tall and pushing out long slender leaves and orangish-yellowish blossoms and recently many milkweed pods. Then there was this, which in truth did not accurately capture things, as there are ten very hungry caterpillars. They have eaten almost all […]