A Rose by any Other Name
"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet." Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene iiThere are few people past the age of 13 or 14 that haven't read or, in the event they sat gazing in the vicinity of their 9th grade literature book without actually reading the...
Backpacking through Europe — Day 4 (morning only)
One line from my journal entry for February 17 perfectly sums up day 4 of my journey: "A heavenly day in every way -- I love Wien!"Yes, day 4 found me disembarking an overnight train and arriving at 6:15 at the train station in Wien (Vienna). What a difference a...
Backpacking through Europe — day 3
Between visitors from the States, teaching, and my other normal activities, blogging has been put aside for a few weeks. I'm glad to be back!At 7:25 a.m. on day 3 of my trip, I stepped off a Eurail train in Prague, the capital and largest city of the Czech...
A Much-Needed Attitude Adjustment
Well, I certainly got a much-needed wake-up call this morning. Today's reading in the chronological 1-yr Bible I'm using in my morning quiet time is Numbers 11-13. The Israelites are grumbling about their diet -- no meat, no variety, just manna. They're focused...
Backpacking through Europe — days 1 & 2
From the moment I first heard the phrase "bucket list", I didn't like it; on the contrary, I do like the idea of a "100 Things" list. I first heard about such a list over 10 years ago from a group of scrapbookers, and I began my own list. I don't have a clue what...
Ten on Tuesday: I Feel . . .
It's topics like this week's Ten on Tuesday that give me pause as a blogger. Honesty = vulnerability, and that can be scary. {Taking a deep breath} Well, here goes!I feel . . . 1. extremely blessed to have the opportunity to spend this semester in England.2....
Change, Reduce, or Eliminate the Negatives (Dream Save Do #3)
Getting settled here in England, spending time with my students, preparing for lectures & seminars, and getting out and about in Canterbury (and beyond) has taken up the vast majority of my time the past 7 weeks, but Dream Plan Do has never been out of my mind....
Home Again, Home Again, Jiggety Jig
While I didn't actually go "to market, to buy a fat pig", I am home again -- or, at least, I'm back in my UK "home", with backpack emptied and clothes washed, dried, and put away again.Before I reflect (throughout the coming week) on each of the 4 places I visited,...
Heading out on an Adventure
"Well, my bag is packed, I'm ready to go . . . "And I'm only slightly embarrassed to admit that since I made my reservations for reading week, I've vacillated between excitement and fear, with a few brief moments of something resembling calm thrown in just to keep...
A Royal Residency and the Final Resting Spot of Royalty
For some reason, I can't quite figure out how to post pictures here from iphoto; getting two photos resized and into a previous entry caused me so much frustration that it takes away from the joy of blogging, so I am going to stop trying until I get back home and...