Well, our time in Evanston/Chicago, Illinois has come to an end. For those of you reading my blog for the first time, my husband and I took a summer sublet here, although we live and teach at Western Illinois University in Macomb, Illinois, a small rural town near the Iowa border. Earlier I blogged about [...]
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Gallbladder Blues
I’m gonna skip the gory details and get to the point: I was diagnosed with gallstones last February. Since that time, I’ve been seeing a Holistic Practitioner along with my family doctor and potential surgeon. As you can imagine, they are on opposite ends of the spectrum in terms of treatment and I don’t know [...]
The Riskiest Risk a Risker Could Risk
Hello from my Manhattan hotel room, where I’m blogging before running off to see “Next To Normal”-a risk in and of itself, but that’s not what this blog is about! Today is my first wedding Anniversary! Some of you that know me know that this is my…ahem…. 4th first Anniversary. There. I said it. For [...]
All I Wanna Do Is Have Some Fun
Hello Bloggin’ Babes~ First, let me say what an inspiration you are to me! Thanks to all of you for sharing your joys and sorrows so openly. I don’t have much news to report from the cornfields of Illinois. I am busy trying to finish out the academic year without too much chaos, then onto [...]
The Wisdom To Know the Difference
I’m sure we’re all familiar with the Serenity Prayer: “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference”. So powerful, so life changing…..so risky. This prayer is so familiar to me, and yet, until recently, I had [...]
This is the Key
This is the Key from Come Hither, edited by Walter de la Mare. This is the Key of the Kingdom. In that Kingdom is a city; In that city is a town; In that town there is a street; In that street there winds a lane; In that lane there is a yard; In that yard there is a house; In [...]
My Abandoned Child Within
My abandoned child within has once again been making her presence known in the last several months. You know the type. She’s one of those whiney, jealous, tantrum-throwing, needy kids that no one wants to be around because…well, because she’s just no fun to hang out with. Lucky me-I get to be with her 24/7. [...]
