Yesterday we all travelled by bus to Sangoñedo where our old farm house is. The neighbors had us over for a full day lunch session. They also showed us the house and talked to us about how we might deal with it. I won´t get into all the details about the house since that probably needs a separate post but I will say that the main structure is sound ( Read more... )

Thank you to everyone who responded to my last post. I SO much appreciate your support, love and advice. I'm doing much better. My family has indeed been a wonderful support. The short story is that I've had two lovely days here and I will tell you all about them soon, when I get a chance to write with more time and ease. Right now I need to get to

So I´m sitting in the library in Oviedo. It´s around 11am and my sister and her kids are not up yet so I ventured out alone. Wanted to write a little bit because I had a really bad time last night and I need some prayers ( Read more... )

Yesterday, when a friend suggested I meet him for lunch in central London, I decided that it would be best if I got out of the house before I fell asleep. The idea being to stay up until nightfall and try to adjust to European time. After lunch, I walked up toward the National Gallery to take in some free museum action. The rain was coming down ( Read more... )

Woke up this morning (or was it yesterday morning?) and did NOT want to go travelling. Just wanted to stay at home and nest. Didn't want to have to function at the level necessary for travel abroad. Didn't want to be alone in a foreign country, dealing ( Read more... )

Just in case you missed it, there are some photos below ( the cut. )

Anyone who missed my very, very gay dance formation team back in April can see a reprise on our winning Viennese Waltz routine at the Sundance stage at Pride around 4pm. Yes, we will indeed be wearing the shiny purple polyester outfits again. It will be a spectacle and some of us may faint from the heat. But then again, there won't be any shortage ( Read more... )

Ok folks, as embarrassing as it sounds, I am totally addicted to this German soap opera! In particular, the steamy gay love story between sweet Christian & Ollie. Oh, they are so adorably sexy and vulnerable. You would absolutely never see stuff like this on American daytime TV (note the tired debate about Luke & Noah on As The World Turns.)

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Once upon a time, an elephant was walking down the forest path. He suddenly met a strange armadillo. Red beams shot from the armadillo’s eyes and shrunk the elephant down to a tiny size. The elephant was very scared and ran into the grass where a preying mantis tried to pounce on him. But then he met an ant who became his friend. The ant took the ( Read more... )

So this week I heard that I received the promotion to Full Professor. That's basically the top of the game in academia. My little room in the Ivory Tower is paid for, decorated and feeling mighty cozy right now. No more evaluations. No one else to please. (At least, no one who can impact me in any meaningful way.)

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