It’s been fun going through these old poems. Maybe someday I’ll write a new one. 🙂 When an Angel Passes Like candles dripping onto wine bottles,Yesterday it rained.Without looking through back alleys,Or up museums in coffee bean air,You asked me if I felt nakedKnowing my thighsBrushed against each other,The hair clinging to my face,The air…

First, I must allay any fears that I am on the verge of some kind of breakdown. I’m not. My life is stressful and I’m working through a lot of that at the moment. Second, I’m getting myself more and more involved in local politics. Yesterday, I went a rally for Ed Rendell, who’s running…

Waffle House, Nashville, TN The world is too much with us . . . William Wordsworth I was hardly in the world anywayso at shift change, the waitresseshuddled in the corner didn’t notice me,because everything was weighed downwith grey. Looks like rain,a gas station attendant in Jackson told me,but all I could do was laugh,…

Linda Hirshman’s at it again, describing the vitriol she received when she published her article in American Prospect that argued that women should work and not stay home. She suggested that the real glass ceiling was at home. In her new article, she explains that much of the vitriol came from the religiously-oriented stay-at-home movement…

For the last hour, I’ve been trying to sleep. It’s not been a red letter day at the Geeky household. Geeky Boy had a disappointing birthday. I let him down and that breaks my heart. But worse, I realized that I had not been thinking about him or what he wanted or needed, only thinking…

Today you are 11, officially a tween, in a state of transition. You are no longer a kid, but still a kid in so many ways. For now, you still enjoy the pleasures of childhood: playing outside, watching animated tv and films, playing with children of all ages, popsicles and bouncy balls. Over the next…

Update: Game cancelled! Tragedy averted. Film at 11! I hate when this happens when I’m by myself. I scheduled a play date for Geeky Girl without looking at the calendar. Geeky Boy has a lacrosse game at the same time. I can either a) let Geeky Boy ride to lacrosse with his friend or b)…

I need more creepy Google searches because the “mom son sex” ones aren’t creepy enough for me. My only hope is that the people that land here via some search like that actually learn something. I know, probably not. Today’s agenda is revision and some administrivia. I’ve received, as I alluded to earlier, feedback from…

That’s me apparently. Via Terminal Degree. Which of Henry VIII’s wives are you?this quiz was made by Lori Fury Please consider donating to my efforts in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk for the Cure

smdi, originally uploaded by J. Fei. I’m at the end of an exhausting week of training my new group of Multimedia Interns. Here’s a great picture of them, somewhere on campus. They’re a wonderful group of students. I’m impressed already with their skills and talents, their enthusiasm and eagerness to learn. One of my former…