Sailed through that weekend!

September sunshine is the very best! We’ve been enjoying day after day of weather in the mid 20’s. While it’s a bit tough to take in a non-air-conditioned classroom, it makes for a fabulous weekend.…

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Links for You

Even you non-knitters will love this poston a blog I recently discovered, Exercise Before Knitting. In this post Elinor describes taking up the torch after a beloved 94-year-old knitter dies: she’s promised Laura Belle that…

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well girl, goodbye . . .

I’ve been beginning my poetry classes by reading the students a poem not on their reading list but rather chosen randomly, even quixotically, by me for sundry reasons. Looking through anthologies in my office this…

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Today’s Blessings:

Following La Belette Rouge’sexample, I offer you a brief list of things I’m loving right now: 1. I get home about 6:45, and I’ve generally already walked 90 minutes (to and from school) OR walked…

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now that was a weekend!

This photo, which has nothing to do with this post, was taken in Lisbon this summer, near the Praca Rossio. I’m including it ’cause I think you need a visual and I’ve got nothing else…

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