There’s an old wive’s tale that a salamander can pass through fire unharmed. In real life, many salamanders can shed their tail to escape danger, essentially giving up a less critical part of themselves to save everything that is important. Salamanders go through a metamorphic life cycle, changing from one aspect to another as they…
The third straight day of rain … I suppose it’s needed since this has been one of our driest springs on record, but the grey days are just playing into my mood. The Professor is teaching a night class for the first half of the summer. It’s Tuesdays and Thursdays, until 10:30. I’ve been chiding…
Our best friends are innocents. Instead of opinion, they offer acceptance. Instead of judgement, they comfort. They do not hold back, but love without reserve. We whose pets entrust their love to us Know that the price is paid in their leaving. Their flame is too bright, their love too pure Their trust too complete…
So I returned home yesterday full of contrition, intending to make amends for being such a beast over the weekend. The Professor was working at his computer, and his novel was up on the screen, so I simply said hi, gave him a peck on the cheek, and went to pill and feed my very…
March 21st, 1997 I nearly died. I collapsed at school with acute congestive heart failure. My cardiac muscle was apparently attacked by a random virus – they never identified it, and we’ll never know for sure why my heart stopped working properly. At first they told my husband that there was a good chance I…
I just discovered the birthday card I had intended to send to the ex’s sister, still sitting stampless on my desk. Her birthday was a week and a half ago. Now, I know that his Mother reviles me at this point. There was so little time elapsed between my splitting with her son and my…
I am not ashamed of my relationship with the Professor. But I do keep my private life as separate from my professional life as much as I can. I work in a heavily Christian atmosphere, where virtually everyone I work alongside is approximately my age, married, with kids and a house. They go to church…
That’s A Rational. Not “irrational”. Though some may beg to argue. Thanks to Sparkler for providing the link to the on line Keirsey Termperment test. Following is what they had to say about me: Your Keirsey Temperament is: Rational (NT) Your Keirsey Character Type is: (See Below) ——————————————————————————– Your Free Keirsey Temperament Description The Rational…
The Professor is a funny mix of experience and lack thereof. He’s lived and studied abroad, he’s got an advanced degree in mathematics, he’s well into writing a six volume science fiction series, and he didn’t know that those whirly-gig seeds that come from maple trees, sycamores, ash and the like are called “keys”. He’s…
I’d planned to visit my mother’s gravesite Sunday. I’ve not gone back there since the funeral in September. But Sunday came, and visiting there didn’t feel right. I was actually OK with everything until about 9:30 Sunday night, when Older Sister called. Mom’s estate is still tied up, she reported, but it should be resolved…