Sunday, November 23, 2003WHEN PLANES CAN'T FLYSitting on the tarmac at O'Hare for an hour in a packed American Airlines flight to Boston before the pilot announces there is a problem with the radio that they just can't seem to fix. People groan, but nobody goes ballistic. In general, the response is one of mild annoyance. In my frequent... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 5:09 PM Comments (5) (link) Monday, November 17, 2003SURVIVAL OF THE FITTESTA raptor, a hawk, made our Cambridge neighborhood it's hunting ground yesterday. We don't often see birds of prey but RG noticed some pigeon feathers floating gently down, spiraling like pinwheels from the top branches of the tree across the street from where we live. He rushed in all excited and I... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 5:18 PM Comments (6) (link) Sunday, November 16, 2003WHEN YOU DON'T LOVE YOUR MOTHERShawnMichel wrote an ode, a homage to his mother a few days ago. It was beautifully written. I envied him and realized I could never write anything like that. His mother had been suffering and struggling to survive. She was hospitalized, I don't recall the illness. It was obvious the emotional... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 10:16 AM Comments (9) (link) Friday, November 14, 2003THERE REALLY IS A GOD!And yesterday he spoke to Judge (now "former judge") Roy S. Moore, also known as the "10 Commandments judge". For those of you who are not from Alabama, or those of you who are not part of the cabal of religious fanatics who consider him their folk hero, I will explain. Roy was the Alabama Chief... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 5:06 PM Comments (6) (link) Thursday, November 13, 2003SWEATINGIt all started, as far as I can remember, in puberty, sweating. I sweat profusely, but most concentratedly, under my arms. It's one thing to soak your clothing when it's 90 degrees in the shade, but how about in the dead of winter when you are lecturing for two hours in front of a class of rapt film... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 6:13 PM Comments (2) (link) |
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