I'm so glad that we have such creative folks posting on our blog. Carol, your photo story of Jacob's day at the park is lovely, and, Honor, your recollections of Beth's love in action warmed my heart. Thank you both for sharing these stories and memories with us.
I don't have anything very creative or heart-warming to share. After a delightful snowfall last Sunday, it's now in the 70s here. The windows are open, and we're trying to let some of the fresh air in and the stale air out.
Two weekends ago, we were in Kansas for a short visit, and I have fond memories of playing Mexican Train Domino's with Sharon and my folks while listening to "Total Eclipse of the Heart" and taking turns singing along as we laid down a bone (bone is what you call a single domino). "Once upon a time, I was falling in love. Now I'm only falling apart. Nothing I can say, total eclipse of the heart ..." Oh, yeah.
Trent's back to work for the Braves, and his physical therapy is going well. His shoulder is feeling better and better. He's been doing some neat projects around the house, installing new light fixtures that we took off his mom's hands, installing hooks in the garage to hang our bikes from (Dad gave him his old mountain bike, so now Trent can join me and Andy on the Silver Comet Trail), and installing a nifty pulley system to hang the F150 shell from when we don't want to use it. I don't even know how he managed to do that by himself, but it's working pretty well.
Work is going well for me, too. I'm feeling pretty confident in my teaching, and I think an article I wrote has been accepted for publication in a volume of Queers in American Popular Culture that my colleague is editing. I think it's a done deal, but I've never submitted anything for publication in a book before, so I'm not entirely sure how the process works.
Tonight, after the KU game, I think we're planning to attend a free choir and orchestra concert at the new performance arts center at KSU. I love listening to choirs!
I hope everyone is enjoying a beautiful spring day. Love you!
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3 comments:
We did enjoy a beautiful spring day. Now we are experiencing a typical Kansas "be prepared to take cover" weather. We prefer Mel Tillar for weather. He is in my opinion the most informative with the most coverage. I see lightening so I guess I'll get off the computer. my phobia is the computer will be hit by lightening or the computer will crash from the electicity going out.
Hello. It was like a fall day in Hays yesterday. This morning the temp is 30 degrees. Tomorrow it will be warm again in the nw part of the state where we live. It was 70 degrees yesterday in eastern Kansas. I am living in the Land of Oz. There is something for everyone if you follow the bouncing ball. Wish I could have played dominoes with you Katie. I'd love to sing Total Eclipse of the Heart with my Fiddler kin. I am glad Trent is feeling better. It is exciting to think that you will be published in a book. That is a heart warming thought to consider. You express yourself so well in print. I think that is because you do sufficient research before you write. You know your subject. Choir music always lifts my spirits. It takes me to a whole different place. So here's to music and the day ahead. Cheers!
Thanks for your responses, Honor and Carol. :) Sounds like Kansas is up to its old springtime tricks. The choir performance was pretty amazing; there really were no bad seats in the performance hall, and the acoustics were superb. The choirs actually commissioned works to be composed for them, based on literature and poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay and Robert Frost, among others. It was really cool. Love you!
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