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At the library...
One thing I really appreciate about my current school is that when I go to the library at odd times on weekends, including Saturday and Sunday nights, I often run into one or another of my students and have cheerful conversations with them ( Read more... ) -
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Hello! Thought I had been permanently dismantled from my lj account when I inadvertently neglected to renew my status due to a change of email address in the fall. Very pleased to discover that my journal is still here with only a few silly Torchwood images gone. The lost images are fine as I have them saved to my hard drive and anyway I am ( Read more... ) -
Note for Friday:
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Good news!
I have been formally offered a two year teaching post-doctoral fellowship at a small college between Boston and Providence. Wonderful! -
Visit from drlynch
Looking forward to having drlynch visit this weekend! I've cleaned the apartment, made a massive batch of soups (broccoli curry and potato leek), veggie side dishes, and banana chocolate chip cakes. It will be fun to go to Kebab and Kurry on Thayer St for brunch on Sunday.
Hope that Nena_nieve is having a wonderful time visiting Drew and her partner ( Read more... ) -
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Happy New Year's Eve to everyone ( Read more... ) -
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Tonight on my way home I was reading the newspaper like I do every night and feeling tired and out of sorts. There in the paper was a nice article about a Celtic music sing along at Club Passim, so I decided out of the blue on the subway after the concert had already started that I was going to go. The sing along focused on songs with good ( Read more... ) -
Word to the wise... :-)
"Remember: Friends don't let friends eat too much dark chocolate before bedtime." -Lou Bendrick
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Sad news regarding Abby
Sadly, my parents' beloved white german shepard Abby passed away on Friday afternoon. Her 12th birthday would have been this coming October 8th. All of the Beeches miss her very much. Thank you to German Shepard Rescue New England (http://www.gsrne.org/) for all of the wonderful years we had ( Read more... ) -
Fresh Rose Milkshakes
Last night having written 4 of the 9 cover letters for job applications listed so far this year, I decided to treat myself. Hopped on a bus and went to Inman Square where I soaked in the community tub at Inman Oasis (who knew that there are very few people there on Fridays in the summer- blissful quiet ( Read more... )