Category: stay at home university

Looking Ahead

I'm looking ahead to a lonely summer. My inlaws arrived yesterday. After they spend a few days here, they're flying A back to Georgia with them. Honestly, my baby flying without me scares me. I will struggle to sleep for the 24 hours or so that she will be traveling. But after that initial, terrifying … Continue reading Looking Ahead

Laundry Day

I have so much laundry to do today! For a while, the washing machine quit working after the power flickered, which slowed me down. But I'm determined to get another load done, maybe two, before my husband gets home. Everything is wet and gray. I can't wait to move. I am so ready to be … Continue reading Laundry Day

Busy Weekend

My inlaws arrived for the weekend last night. We went out to a Greek/Italian restaurant. Then today we took the girls to the mall. L got to use her birthday gift certificate at Sephora. Then we went to Target. After that, we grabbed crepes for lunch. Tomorrow is church, and then the girls will go … Continue reading Busy Weekend

4 Books I Love

To expand my mind and to help keep the brain damage from shock therapy and years of heavy medication from decaying my brain, I'm constantly reading. This is my "stay at home university." I am convinced that the education you can spend a hundred thousand getting from a university can be got from the library … Continue reading 4 Books I Love

Hospital, Book, Feminine Literature

Evidently I am probably on too many medicines. I ended up in the ER last night because of double vision and tremors. They referred me to neurology, but they think it is my medicines. So now my doctor is pulling me off one of them. I have been reading A Jury of Her Peers. Fascinating … Continue reading Hospital, Book, Feminine Literature

Ghettoization of Genre Fiction

What's the difference between horror and gothic fiction? Not much. Gothic literature is horror approved by the establishment. As a horror reader, I think this false demarcation between horror and literature is unfair. Nothing I'm saying here is groundbreaking. But I've been reading more horror again, and I'm struck by how masterful some of the … Continue reading Ghettoization of Genre Fiction

NYE

Tonight we will have our New Years tradition, pizza. I'm thinking about resolutions I want to make and listening to linguistics lectures. I learned that Native American languages are controversially grouped into three families. Last year, my big goal was to embrace softness and femininity. I feel like I did that. This year, I want … Continue reading NYE

Education

Beginning in January, I will be getting feedback on the book I wrote this year, as well as some other projects I've been working on. I'm looking forward to the mentorship. What I want is to get my poems to a point where I feel they're ready to be in a book. Whether or not … Continue reading Education