Maintenance
So in anticipation of my pasta roller attachment arriving this coming week, I decided that it may be time to clean my mixer. There's caked in flour in the cracks,…[...]
Accomplishment
In the midst of an current pandemic, I am happily ensconced in my home, surrounded with dogs and navigating working remotely. The past weeks have been stressful, so much so…[...]
I’m here
[caption id="attachment_697" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Suzuki Harunobu ?? ??. Young Woman Riding a Phoenix, 1765. The Art Institute of Chicago.[/caption] It's been a minute since I posted here. I hadn't actually…[...]
Faculty Retreat 2016
Today was the second day of our faculty retreat. The retreat committee believes we met our goals. Based on feedback from the previous retreat some years ago, we wanted to…[...]
Oasis
Today my oasis was Lake Michigan. For thirty minutes, all I did was absorb the colors of the water and sky. Cerulean, charcoal, slate, gunmetal. In the midst of conference,…[...]
Time
I'm supposed to be thinking about time more. In my previous life on the bench, my daily life was dictated by my timer. Some days were scheduled almost down to…[...]
Looking
I made a small realization earlier this week: I don't actually look at what I'm doing. For the longest time I have been struggling, trying to figure out why I…[...]
Tired
Today I am tired. This is mostly due to a dog that decided to get sick in the middle of the night (he did this last week to in the…[...]
Reading and Realizations
I have this tendency to binge read. A few weeks ago I picked up some cookbooks because I was looking for different food and to prepare for my sisters cookbook…[...]
Adjectives
I've been working on values and what exactly they are and what they mean to me. The guiding definition is a state of being that I am continuously working toward.…[...]