My brother got my tag and listed Faure’s Requiem and that’s one of the pieces on my Canterbury Cathedral cd from Aunt Carol. It was very weird because I was listening to it when I read his blog. Last night I talked to my son Ian–he called me because my daughter had alerted both my […]

List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they’re any good, but they must be songs you’re really enjoying now. Post these instructions in your Livejournal along with your seven songs. Then tag (at least) seven other people to see what they’re listening […]

Have you had a confrontation with someone and for some reason, even though both of you know that it will have absolutely no effect on the outcome, you must keep the confrontation going for an interminable length of time because somehow you must end it with both of you saving face? I have. I did. […]

My friend Deb sent me today’s issue of Writer’s Almanac. I love Writer’s Almanac. A poem by Joe was in it, even though the poem was not written by Joe. It was published in Georgetown, KY. I knew Joe went away, but I didn’t know he went to Georgetown. http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/

Caitlan got an interview to study at Oxford! This is extremely exciting, whether or not she gets an appointment and whether or not she takes it. Just the fact that she got the interview is wonderful and is the result of lots of hard work. You go, KK!

Went to church this a.m. and sang with the choir at Mass. I like doing that–I feel close to those with whom I sing in worship. Then back to Kelley Ridge for the rest of my work weekend. After I tried to clean up a little inside with all the drywall dust and spackling compound […]

Well, I thought I would start it, but then the week went bonkers and here I am at school on a Saturday in order to talk to my daughter on Skype, and at least add SOMETHING to this blasted blog. The week went bonkers because a revolution is fomenting at my workplace, and I’m right […]

I was going to start this blog on November 1st, All Saints’ Day, but then I realized that November 2nd, All Souls’ Day, would probably be more approppriate. But I was nowhere near a computer on that day. So now, here I am on November 7th, thinking that I should wait until December 1st or […]