Procrastadabbler

Ruminations about life, teaching, literacy, research, and anything else I can think of when I am procrastinating

Love letter to Oregon

June 25th, 2007 · No Comments

I’m going to be a little self indulgent and post a few of my vacation pix.

Oregon fits me. It has everything I love – and yes, I know it rains a lot. I happen to like rain.

* The Cascades to the east of Portland. Mt. Hood and it’s sister volcanic peaks have a presence that [...]

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Bicycling in January…

January 4th, 2007 · No Comments

is wrong in so many ways, but that’s what I did today. It’s 55 degrees in the middle of January, absolutely no snow to be seen anywhere, so there I was peddling away. I didn’t even need a fleece jacket.
I should be cross-country skiing. Digging my way out of snow drifts. Kicking the snow [...]

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Will there be fish in the sea?

November 22nd, 2006 · No Comments

A few weeks ago, there was a small article in the paper about the declining ocean fish population. If the current trend continues, in forty years there will be no more fish in the ocean. We need another Silent Spring. This news has become a code for my husband and me whenever we feel [...]

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Nothing Profound Today

September 25th, 2006 · No Comments

It’s fall in western NY. Yesterday Mark and I took advantage of a break in the rainy day and walked down to the lake. The wind was roaring and had whipped up white caps on Lake Ontario. The air has the brisk feel of fall to it and every day we hear the Canada geese [...]

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Tags: Everyday life