The raving writer

Turned horses out in (unfenced) front field this morning to eat spring grass. They haven't lifted their heads/moved more than 15 ft so far. # Packing up for sales conference. # In New York. [...]

Back from shopping trip with mother (75) and daughter (9). Except for stop at Hanes outlet, both pretty much on the same shopping page. # Just turned on the air conditioning. Let me check the [...]

Yesterday I took my mother and my daughter shopping. Ladies’ morning out: new bathing suit for daughter, conference clothes for Grammy and me, ice cream. We’re sitting on the bench [...]

This email apparently made the rounds in a classical education discussion group…and was forwarded to us by a worried reader (who didn’t click on the link first). April 1, 2010 [...]

Wind is HOWLING outside third-story windows. Must think of better verb for March. Bellowing, blustering, swaggering, sweeping, vociferating? # It is a Very Rainy Day on the hundred-acre farm. # [...]

Family day. COOKIES FOR DINNER. # Started the day with 47 emails in my Priority A email box. Now have 24. Unfortunately, those are the 24 most complicated… # Polishing up lecture I [...]

Heading off the grid for family day. # DS18 called from India. He went on a camel safari, took a 15-hour bus trip to Delhi, likes his volunteer job in the Rajasthan desert. # Just ate [...]

Going off the grid for a (silent) family day. # Trying to answer interview questions by email. Making my brain hurt. # Inside house: half-sick mom trying to nap. Outside: children w/sticks trying [...]

Watching closing ceremonies; glad that corruption and tyranny didn't permanently deprive Russia of that heartbreaking national anthem. # Er. Well, closing ceremonies demonstrate that [...]

For the last couple of weeks I’ve been turning in circles, which is why I haven’t done a long post. It hasn’t been an ineffective sort of circling–I feel more like [...]

Fresh pasta experiment: sage tortellini with ricotta & mozzarella filling, served with browned butter. DS13 SNARFED them, vacuum-like. # Release date for The History of the Medieval World! [...]

A werewolf would have eviscerated loud paper-crumpling whispering couple next to us, thus improving movie tremendously. # Watching Olympic snowboarding. I know this is supposed to be a real [...]