Category Archives: Life
Chicken-chaser strikes again
The chicken-chaser struck again yesterday. It happened moments after I drove around the bend towards our house and saw Buddha, waiting to guide me in, as always. That’s the German shepherd in him, I imagine. He likes to prance in … Continue reading
It could happen: we could wake up
I’ve just read a piece in the New York Times about the stiff competition among Ivy League graduates for a berth in Teach for America, a program designed to recruit and train teachers for poor, urban schools: <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/12/education/12winerip.html?scp=2&sq=education&st=cse> When Ivy … Continue reading
A slice of life
The first time my mother baked bread, the story goes, the loaves were more like bricks than bread. Mom tried to re-write history by trashing the evidence. But she didn’t get away with the crime: on trash pick-up day, much … Continue reading
News from Camp Buddha
No good deed goes unpunished. That may not be true, but it sure seems like it right now. The good deed involved volunteering to care for Osa, the puppy lab. Who knew how hard it would be? Continue reading
I read the news today- oh boy.
I need to know what’s going on in the world. As soon as I make my coffee in the morning, I park myself at my computer and start in on the news. My reading of the news is selective. For … Continue reading
Fowl play
I guess on some level I knew that there were serious implications in Osa’s killing of the chicken. We live in farm country here. People either raise chickens, cows or goats, or grow vegetables. As Osa’s owner reminded me, farmers … Continue reading
Camp Buddha
My dog, Buddha, has company for two months this summer. Our guest here at Camp Buddha is Osa, an active white lab puppy whose parents have flown to Wisconsin. She’s a sweet pup, who runs circles around 7-year-old Buddha, a … Continue reading
Stressed out in Shinjuku
When we arrived in Japan, in April, to attend the wedding of my good friend, Mark, I exuded confidence as I lined up for the Narrita Express, the train that would take us right to Shinjuku. I’d forgotten the name … Continue reading
Home entertainment
The power went off again this morning, as it does almost daily here, if only for a few minutes. During the day, not having electricity isn’t a disaster. I can still cook or read, and there’s always something to do … Continue reading
Yikes
I’ve been glued to my computer desk for days now, trying to understand the world of websites and blogs. Luckily, the view from my workstation is fabulous. Not that I’m looking. I wish I were the kind of person who … Continue reading
