Random post about teaching

Just wanted to post quickly tonight about teaching.  As I mentioned a couple days ago, this past weekend I got sick and spent a whole day in bed (one of my dream days of relaxtion normally– a whole day in bed just reading– but not when I’m sick).  My fever broke, and then soon after, [...]

TWD: Pumpkin Muffins

You know when everything just works out?  It all started last week when I began to have a seasonal craving for a pumpkin muffin.  Then I hop onto TWD and see that the recipe for this week is a PUMPKIN MUFFIN!  But, with being sick and buried under grading I wasn’t sure I would be [...]

Soup Fever or Fever Soup

After surviving my whole first year in graduate school with no more than one slight cold, this year looks to be more realistic.  I felt a sore throat coming on Friday evening, and by yesterday morning was in bed with a fever.  At least– and I can’t say how thankful I am for this– it [...]

Just a sunny autumn day…

No TWD post today–I’m behind on EVERYTHING this week! Our DSL has been on the fritz lately (we’re having someone out to look at our line tomorrow), and I’ve barely been able to reliably check email from home, let alone post.  But it seems to be working (for probably the next five minutes!) and so I [...]

Fall is here (on my mantle)

This past weekend I decided it was time to clear off the misc. clutter that had accumulated on my mantle and reclaim it for my own visual peace of mind.  Off came the keys, change, and a huge sheath of pictures that I’d moved from somewhere else, waiting to be framed (or something).  I didn’t [...]

Criss Cross Applesauce Day

Well, I’ve been a bit behind on posting, but thought I’d catch up this week with a few things I’ve been meaning to post.  First up was making applesauce with my son’s Kindergarten class last Friday.
Fall means apples for me.  I start in August making apple butter and then continue on through December, reveling in [...]

TWD: Chocolate Gooey Goodness

Scrumptious.  I tasted this yummy cake, chosen this week for TWD, this afternoon (actually almost evening while I was making dinner)– and washed it down with a LARGE glass of milk.  Milk is almost a must for this cake, if only to unstick your teeth (not that that’s a bad thing, if it means you’ve [...]

TWD: Creme Brulee & Oven Fixed!

Yes.  This is another late night TWD posting.  At least this time I have a reasonable excuse.  My oven has been broken.  I was in fact thinking that I would be trying to do this in my toaster oven, but was saved from this extraordinary feat by my oven being repaired last night.  However, that [...]