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I had to go easy on Isis this night. In my most difficult week, he had stayed low. Often, he'd avoid the farmhouse. As if he knew that I...

I dressed like a pumpkin today. That is, I wore an orange shirt and green cords. My students looked somewhat skeptical, but I tell you, that...

I hear Wisconsin mentioned again and again in the news -- we're the western most state to feel the effect of Sandy (the storm system tha...

Just remember, two more days and it'll be November. Remember that when you scan the post for content. Remember that I'm gasping for ...

In the cold season, we follow the sun. Inside, outside -- where it goes, we go. We had set up a breakfast room in the east room, because th...

If you face a full weekend of work, you just don't have the same frame of mind early in the morning as you would if you were, say, facin...

If at night I'm the one who wakes up and worries imagined worries, Ed will be the one to wake up and methodically study all anyone needs...

…Maybe the most likable part of the day is this: at dawn, when I am forcing myself to get up (as opposed to wake up -- that part had happene...

Late. I'm on campus, but I'm done worrying for the day. We're to meet and coordinate some outdoor farmette time (Ed and I). But ...

I feel like a character out of a Dr. Seuss book -- one of those that had a long and tedious day and now cannot stop griping about it. My gri...