I spend a lot of times in a state of wonder.  I wonder why you did the thing(s) you did.  I wonder why you approached the problem the way you did.  I wonder what you are/were thinking? For the things…

How many times have you heard, “Save for a rainy day!” or “Guard against the downside.”?  Both of those phrases, and many, many more, are warnings that people share out of their concern for your well being, or so they…

I am officially on vacation.  And it makes me wonder, why I have a hard time wrapping my head around “time off”.  Even though I’m off at this time, the rest of the university is not.  This means that there…

So my challenge is over.  Did I win anything?  Nothing material.  But I learned that I might not be able to fit in writing every day, but I can fit it in most days.  But why?  Why would I want…

 And here it is, the end of the 30 day challenge.  Or is it the beginning of something more, something exciting? When I embarked on this journey, it was because it was time to challenge myself and do something different.…

I thought I’d have more time! More time to plan and thoughtfully write this post. I thought I’d have more time to shop for Christmas. I thought I’d have more time to get my work done -to clean my office…

9 a.m. this morning final grades were due.  Pushing the deadline until the end, in my typical do-it-later fashion, I submitted the grades under the wire.  Well, it was about 18 hours before the wire, but still. Since that time,…

   This is Pandora. She is one of the five animals, three dogs and two cats, that lives with me. She has learned that if she wants to stay near me when I’m working, she can’t bump my hands or…

Believe it or not, pursuing and achieving a Ph.D. wasn’t hard.  It wasn’t easy either.  But it was a means to an end.  It was the work that I needed to do to continue doing the work that I was…

What is that thing, that place, that accomplishment that I have in my mind?  I have been struggling to find it.  To give it a shape, a definition.  I have been trying to give it form and color.  I have…