A very, very wet good morning. Thankfully, near-hurricane Beryl proved to be something of a wimp. It was more of a blowhard, windless, 4 rain inches event by the time it’s eye traveled over Valdosta yesterday. Yet, yesterday afternoon, as the rains came down, my cellphone rang. It was Barbara. She called to remind me [...]
4:00 in the Friday morning. In the Charlotte, NC, airport. Waiting for security to open. Can’t wait to get to back to caring for Susie. Thought the place would be empty, but it seems that the whole of North Carolina is about to fly to somewhere at this pre-dawn time. Nothing to do but wait. [...]
Well, I’m two-faced today. One face is glum since I’m leery about leaving Susie Wednesday morning for two days just as she starts her grueling physical therapy for her shoulder. On the other hand, I’m starting to put on my game face and get into my groove for a day-long, two-part workshop on Thursday as [...]
Well, those uneducational things that have little to do with deep and lasting learning we call “final grades” are finally in. Took me a couple of “late nighters,” since my first priority was nursing Susie. Anyway, the semester is completely over for me. By my reckoning, I just ended my 44th year here at VSU, [...]
Took a very brief respite from nursing Susie while her cold rush therapy machine eased the pain in her shoulder. Haven’t gotten around to putting together those very uneducational things called “final grades” due next Monday. Am in communicato with students. First things first, and helping Susie recover from her surgery comes first, last, [...]
