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100 Day Project – Day 51 – Snow in October!

ProfSharon — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:15:34 +0000

100 Day Project – Day 51 – 2:09 p.m.

SNOW – a big snow storm in October! A snow day today! There’s much to say about the craziness of it, the no electricity, have fun talking and cleaning odd things and doing other chores that require no electricity, and hot cocoa on the sterno! But mostly, what I want to say is how much we need these days of forced rest and we don’t know it. Our brains, whether learning and teaching or planning and prepping for either, need breaks. We don’t give it enough often enough. Today I’m thinking about how much

My poor pear tree in October snow storm.

my brain really appreciated the snow storm in October! (even if my trees didn’t).

What’s in your cup? Photo of the day!

ProfSharon — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:25:08 +0000

This post is long overdue – but I imagine anyone reading this has likely too much on their plate as well!! But what’s in your cup?

When hubby and I were recently in Savannah, we went on a Foodie Tour – more about that another day, and one of the places we stopped was Perk - coffee roasters! We ate some fine food samples on this tour; but this was a highlight for me. I don’t even drink coffee! But, I did taste the sample that was offered – and what was completely fascinating to me was the tour of the one room roasting production and the explanation by the owner of how it’s done. (And, by the way, for a non-coffee drinker, the sample was fabulous! If I had this stuff around the corner, I might actually have to have a cup every day!). The tour itself rushed the guy a bit, but the 20 minutes was so worth it! Explore the website,maybe even order some to try – you won’t regret it — and if you are in Savannah, stop by!

Snow Glorious Snow

ProfSharon — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:00:12 +0000

What a busy month or two it’s been!Â You can probably tell by the fact that I haven’t posted and you haven’t read!!

But it’s snowing and I just loved when I came home that Buddha was laughing anyways!

Cold, as in weather

ProfSharon — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 03:18:46 +0000

Today’s blog should be excused — I’m tired; not having slept well last night anticipating a conversation I had today with someone important on campus (anxiety I didn’t need and I knew it, but had anyways). And, at the moment I’m really tired. But I do think icey cold days do that – a big warm bowl of homemade meatball soup and an old movie is the best way to spend an evening that finds you unable to write much of any sense to anyone!

And it was really cold here today – very cold – I don’t think the thermometer got over 12 or 13 degrees. I spent the day cleaning up my GCC office; sorting some texts and that sort of thing to pass onto my students who always like to add to their book collections for no cost. Filing a semester’s worth of papers: whatever I take out of the cabinet during the semester somehow never makes it back into the cabinet until after final grades are submitted (which they are!).

Although I’ll have a few more meetings over the month with my Education department colleagues, tomorrow should bring the close to going to campus for several months.