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I'm getting terribly spoiled: I take yet another day, granted, a Sunday, but still a day off. Schoolwork can wait until tomorrow. We w...

This morning, we woke to a brief burst of snowflakes. Nothing memorable. You would have to use a spyglass to locate traces of it, but still,...

I don't know about you, but my 'normal' varies. A summer normal is not a spring normal is not an autumn normal is not a Decembe...

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...