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Sunday, January 9, 2005

After Absconding with My Fifteen Year-Old Daughter, I Had to Face the Music

I sat by my mother's bedside at the hospital. My older brother was there too, telling her about his job and his life. His boss does this and his colleague got transferred to another store for talking back to the boss. Finally my mother asked me what I had been up to and all I could talk about was... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, January 6, 2005

So, There I stood, Trying to Check into a Motel in Oklahoma with a Fifteen

year-old girl. It is one o'clock in the morning. Sayre, OK, a good trip to anywhere. I am dressed in my pajama tops, which, by a simple twist of fate happened to be turned inside out. My personal explanation is that I spent four days and nights blogging and reading. But who are you going to get to... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, January 5, 2005

What A Sweet Day in the Neighborhood, and Students Trying Like Everything

to understand what the old dude is talking about. I didn't speak much Spanish over the holidays and today I felt like Henry Kissinger explaining journals to aliens. But how respectful and quiet they were, writing down the questions I gave them for journaling -- What is worth knowing? Who have I... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, January 3, 2005

One Sure Way to Avoid An Attack, is to Avoid Attacking the Marines.

My darling little Caitie, loses her boyfriend to the marines in less than a week. These two have been inseparable in a chaste way, and have become firm partners in life, as they see it. My response was to do nothing that would cause a post-traumatic stress disorder. For example, we invited Catie and... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, January 2, 2005

The Self-Appointed Poetry Critic is Annointed Inffallible

You poets who have gone under the knife are doubly blessed. Not alone are you critiqued, but you are given the gift of expressive literacy. Never more will you think of yourselves as intimidated, not-ready-for-public writers. All the back-patting in the world will not get us to the level of... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, January 1, 2005

Home Sweet Home

We arrived around five in the afternoon on New Year's Eve. That gave me two hours to arrange for Toby to know that I was back and willing and able to help out with the Robert Brothers' Coffee Bar New Years' Eve party. Here's how it went down. Our band consisted of Toby, Kim, James and me. We... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, December 31, 2004

Blogger Freaks Out in the Desert!

We spent six days in the desert for R & R. If you can call that pace R & R. Every day we had stuff to do including two trips to Tubac, AZ (once we actually crossed the international border and bought jewelry). I fell in love with an artist in Tubac who owns her own gallery. We are exchanging... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, December 27, 2004

Desert Serenity Put to the Test

When I compare myself with Tony Soprano I realize what a good person I must be. When my serenity is put to the test I walk. Today I walked from the house out to the road, a good half mile of hills, twice. We had clouds and cool weather in the morning, it warmed up in the afternoon. Here's what... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, December 25, 2004

Blogger, Alone in the Desert, Listens to the Sounds of the Desert Night1

Last night I saw a shooting star in the desert. It was grand in a way I've never experienced before. I was kind of shocked by the closeness. Right now the desert is quiet, but one lone coyote cries in the distance. I will write more about our experience with a coyote later. Hope you are all OK, and... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, December 24, 2004

Merry Christmas to All Bloggers from Tucsom Arizona -- We Made It! Whew!

By the time we reached Oklahoma I had changed out of my pajamas. I had spent the day putting in a kitchen floor, cleaning out the fridge, and setting up the new microwave. Our kitchen is like new now. I picked up the girls after their last day of finals, picked up the rental car, bought a bag of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Traditonal life in American mainstream education. Area of concentration -- English as a Second Language. My take on the issues and "what really works" (when my kids let me log on).

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