An old friend passed in the Spring. At the memorial service his sister told me the last couple of years had been hard. Tim hadn’t really been himself: Heart trouble, lung problems, hearing difficulty. Still, I wish I could have seen him. Tim was several years younger than me. We were room mates for a …
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Clarity
From November 27, 2012; my last written post for Penn State. Three days later I was gone. The blogs at Penn State go away tomorrow, and if it all disappears, this is one I want to save. Over the holiday I enjoyed several days of standing in the kitchen both cooking and preparing to cook. …
blog salvage
A few days ago I received another notice from “no-reply” at Penn State reminding me of the quickly approaching deadline for the end of supported MoveableType blogs at Penn State. I’ve received many, and when I was concerned I emailed friends who assured me that the files in my PASS would not be rewritten or …
visual aid
I’m reading the 2008 edition of Clay Christensen’s Disrupting Class. It’s been updated, but this is the version that the library had, and I’m glad for it. I hope the later edition improved the charts. There’s one early on:figure 2.1 in my copy; it sits at the top of the left hand page. It isn’t …
heading home
She has been asleep every time I’ve seen her, but in the car seat heading home, she looks fully alert. It’s a pretty exciting day.
sweet potato salad
I just ate lunch. Sweet potato salad on a bed of baby spinach leaves. Wonderful. I boiled the diced sweet potatoes in heavily salted and vinegared water. The vinegar helps to keep fully cooked potatoes firm and it worked on sweet potatoes, too. Acid slows the breakdown of pectin. Anyway, I ran some of the …
Tube free
The last of the tubes was removed. If she continues to do as well as she has, they may spring her this weekend. (Thanks to my daughter for all of these baby photos.)
redhead?
close up
Her lungs seem good now. Digestive track still in process, though, and requiring this tube that looks very much like a lollipop stick….