It’s been quite a while since I’ve written a blog post. There are a few reasons for that. In practical terms, I’ve been busy. After the semester ended in early May, I began interviewing for a new part-time job. It…
It’s been a little quiet here…
I realize my blog has been a little quiet since I wrote about my December brain surgery. Life continues to move forward, and I’ve been busy with the job of living that life. I’m now in the final month of…
So, I had brain surgery
There, I’ve said it — right in the title of this blog post. On December 8 of last year, I had brain surgery to remove a tumor called a meningioma from the sheath that surrounds the brain and separates it…
A little time off
My semester at Lasell College ended early this year — I taught my last classes on December 3. I’ve taken the rest of the month off for medical reasons, although now, after an initial full break for two weeks, I…
A Quick Pic for holiday season…
I snapped this photo at Washington Park in Albany, NY this weekend.
“When streams are ripe and swelled with rain…”
Simon and Garfunkel wrote, “April, come she will…” We wondered, this year in Boston, if April would ever arrive. But here she is, alternating rain with sunny blue skies, slowly raising the temperature and melting the snow. Yes, there is…
Taking a Breath to Write a Post
It’s been a busy few weeks in Boston. Last night, after two days of rain followed by a blast of cold air and a new wintry snowfall, Boston surpassed the previous record for the snowiest winter in recorded history. In-between…
Upstate New York, in an in-between moment
I’ve always been fascinated by “in-between moments.” Snippets of time after one thing and before another appear, to me, to be where the living really is, or at least where the opportunity exists to think about where the living really…
What a loss
“No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.” – Robin Williams