Monthly Archives: August 2019
Bucket list
I got home Sunday evening from my holiday in England. It was such a terrific trip in so many ways. The reason for the trip was, itself, pretty wonderful. My ‘bonus daughter’ Amanda, who is a PH.D. student at Emery University was invited to share a paper at a conference in Oxford, and I got … Continue reading
Attacked
I was attacked by a dog at Home Depot in Cheyenne yesterday morning. If you had happened to be a shopper in the area at the time, you would have seen a large, shaggy yellow dog not on a leash and accompanying a scruffy man run up behind me while I was at the check … Continue reading
Grand Encampment Museum’s Pioneer Women Symposium
I really hate Jane Austen. Well, I never met her, so to be precise, I really hate the female characters in her books. By the same token, I’m not a fan of Scarlett O’Hara or any other petty, selfish, simpering, manipulative, and weak women in literature (or real life for that matter). Nope, give me … Continue reading