Home from the Holidays
At the moment I’m on my flight home from Charleston, SC – heading home after a truly wonderful Christmas with my family.
This was our classroom
As the EQ and Buddhism retreat dug deeper we learnt different meditations to help turn our reactions into appropriate responses, by cultivating time, and space, and self awareness. To have self awareness of those button pushers, with time we can master them, if we are motivated to do so
admin on December 23rd 2009 in Travel
blustery
After slogging through the snow and experiencing unpleasant weather which kept us almost entirely housebound in Sedona last year, we decided to make some changes.
Dark Star Safari – Paul Thoreaux
Paul Theroux travels overland from Cairo to Cape Town. By various means he travels through Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and South Africa. He typically opts for the difficult, ill-advised, and more dangerous routes.
quickie@kl part I
We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend. -Robert Louis Stevenson Ah, travel…travel. All we wanted was a short escape to yet another urban chaos of a city that is kl.
admin on December 22nd 2009 in Travel
happy, merry, healthy
I’m home in New York for the next ten days, celebrating Chrismukkah with my family and New Years’ with friends.
Snowpocalypse!
We are supposed to be in Chicago right now, enjoying Christmas in the city. But we are in Michigan instead. Why? I’ll tell you why. The weathermen have been predicting snow, rain, freezing rain, sleet and rabid monkeys.
Running in Philadelphia
Christmas shopping, done. Drinks or coffees or walking dates every day with friends I’ve neglected during the term, ongoing. Syllabi for winter quarter, done. Tree up and decorated, done. Cookie bake off, planned. So it must be time to think about the 2009 MLA Convention: Which sessions will I plan to go to? Am I ready for my session? Which friends back east will I get together with in Philly? Which cocktail parties shall I attend? Can I fit 3 fat novels, my netbook, winter boots, dressing pumps, running shoes, and actual clothes in my carry-on luggage?
Skiing and short-term memory loss
My husband is an avid snowboarder. My snow sport skills are not what attracted Joe to me