April 2nd, 2012 → 5:52 am
We’re back from spring break in Hawaii! Eight days of salt encrusted long, disheveled hair; eight nights of dancing on the sands. Our little baby was a real traveller trooper. I don’t usually include photos on this blog, but heck, this one is too cute:
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March 17th, 2012 → 7:38 am
“How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank!” – Merchant of Venice
My son has his favorite words: “Car” “Airplane” “Cracker”. All of a sudden, he’s added “Moon” to the list.  Before he goes to bed at night he wants to see the moon up in the sky, and when he wakes up in the morning he wants to search for it again. I’m not sure why he’s so enamored of the moon all of a sudden, but it is cute.
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March 11th, 2012 → 9:23 am
Here’s to a Sunday at home with the family.  Too bad it’s an hour short.
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February 18th, 2012 → 6:07 am
“The miserable have no other medicine, but only hope.” – Measure for Measure
I say this to the people of Greece, who are rioting in protest against greater austerity measures. I say this to the people of Syria, who are fighting for basic liberty and freedom. I say this to the citizens of the United States, who are desperate for a third party presidential candidate. I say this to myself, whenever things are bleak, because it is true.
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February 16th, 2012 → 8:06 am
“Two loves I have, of comfort and despair.” – Sonnet 144
It’s my mother’s birthday today, so of course I woke up thinking about her. About how much she used to comfort me when I was down, and about how much I miss her now that she is gone…
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February 11th, 2012 → 7:54 am
A smart person told me the other day to write in order to ease my pain. I’m happy to report that I found some time to do that yesterday and it worked! I don’t know if I’m going to be able to keep it up in any kind of a consistent fashion – with a young baby and a full time job right now it is just so hard to carve out regular chunks of time – but if I can, I will. The writing life is for me.
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January 30th, 2012 → 6:35 am
“So shaken as we are, so wan with care.” – Henry IV
We’re still sick around here….but, thankfully, on the mend…
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January 28th, 2012 → 7:43 am
“Unwieldy, slow, heavy and pale as lead.” Romeo and Juliet
My boys (both husband and son) have been throwing up since Thursday evening. If I have to clean up any more curdled, stinky stomach contents I think I’m going to be sick myself. It’s actually a wonder I’m not ill yet – cross my fingers.
Update, 9:20 a.m.: Now my cat, NoMe, has jumped on the bandwagon and begun barfing up in various rooms around the house. It is C R A Z Y around here!!!
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January 26th, 2012 → 7:37 am
“Where is the life that late I led?” – The Taming of the Shrew
It’s barely two weeks since the semester started at school, but already things feel so hectic! Students, classes, lecture notes, problem sets…where did the time go for just sitting at my desk and playing on the computer??!!
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January 24th, 2012 → 6:37 am
Today is the anniversary (“yartzeit” in Judaism) of my father’s death. It’s been a long time – he died while I was in high school – but I still miss him and think about him every year. I know that at the end of his life he had some joys, but also some serious troubles…if one is now gone, at least the other is too. I wish I could give you a hug, Daddy.
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