Archive for November, 2009
In the Midst of Life
When I was a kid, my mother built a barn, trained quarter horses, maintained miles of fence, and did all the other countless things required for the maintenance of a working farm. She’s in her late sixties now, and is still managing major home renovations, raising border collies, and running a business with five employees.
Three [...]Well, That Was Interesting
In the last few months, I’ve:
clawed my way onto the Island Itself,
moved house,
finished two gigantic book-editing projects and a handful of other gigs,
comprehensively overhauled my academic plans,
similarly reshuffled my professional life,
been quite ill,
gotten much better,
married off two dear friends,
started the most intense and expansive project I’ve ever done for money,
sort-of learned to cook, live, [...]
