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Posts from December 2008

December 30, 2008

 

Groovin’

We hope you all had a great Holiday season - and we are wishing everyone a happy, healthy and prosperous 2009.  2008 seems to be ending on an upward note, so we are hoping that the New Year continues in this upward trend.  To keep things light and help prevent those post-holiday blues, here is [...]

December 17, 2008

 

I’m here!

I feel like I’m waking up from some kind of dream/hallucination in which I had major surgery to remove my appendix while 4 months pregnant; went to two Thanksgivings; celebrated my husband’s 30th and my 29th birthdays; took care of a child with a cold and a double ear infection; wrote a statistics paper and [...]

December 09, 2008

 

Why My Lengthy Commute Now Is Better Than My Previous Lengthy Commute of the Early ’00s: A Brief Tale Told Via Five Haikus

Driving at the sun,
back in my publishing days,
book ended my work.
Blinded by our star,
forced to move in bright darkness,
I loathed my commute.
I now drive westward,
as the workday yawns to life,
the sun safe behind.
Once my labors cease,
I point my car to the east,
with no need to squint.
Nirvana’s a band,
and a state I reach daily
over four score [...]