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Last day of school and I have mixed feelings
I know that my girls are super excited that today is their last day of school. I know they’re relieved, because this has been a longer school year than they have ever had. That’s a good thing because...
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Strawberries and summertime
It has been nearly a week since school ended for the girls, and we are having such a blast! I pushed myself HARD to finish what I needed to with my book and completed it all. I realized, as I checked...
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A soggy Independence Day morning
I have been looking forward to small-town New England July fourth celebrations. It sounds intensely fun and homey, with egg-toss contests, parades in which the kids decorate their bikes with crepe...
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Humid July Monday
My younger daughter and I were exploring the apps on my laptop and noticed that July in southern Vermont is the hottest, rainiest month of the year. One part of me rejoices because I love the raw power...
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Reaction reflections
I have always wondered how I would act in a true emergency. Not the imagined ones, but the real ones– fire, flood, etc. I’ve participated in plenty of emergency simulations, but have only once before...
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Empathy impairment and its effects
I just spent the last couple of weeks with a relative who is empathy impaired. We’ll call this person Terri, just to protect identities. Terri has a long history of self-centered behavior, and I...
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How can writing an accounting text be art?
I’ve been working on a textbook for what seems like forever. Actually, one of my best friends and I have been doing this. Whenever people ask me the topic, which is payroll accounting, their eyes...
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It’s the little things
This weekend, I’ve been reflecting on little actions that have affected our little family during this last week. I’m amazed at how often these everyday, throwaway, and otherwise inconsequential things...
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When did the destination change?
It’s quite a change,living in a tiny town that values community over material goods and quality over quantity. I read so many of my friends’ Facebook posts about buying this new gadget or visiting some...
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The thing or a house?
We turned a corner this week and BLAM! The epiphany struck us. The realization that the one dream that we had nurtured for 13 years is finally within our grasp: A house. Security and stability for our...
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Been so busy…feeling gratitude
I have a song running through my head. I don’t remember exactly how it goes, but it has something to do with putting off self-care to concentrate on work. It describes my life as of late. I’ve had to...
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Off-balance on Purpose
I often choose to work from my couch. I have found that being relaxed and with my family reduces some of the isolation that I feel on occasion. How does a professor feel isolated? When I’m not in front...
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What do you do when you finally finish initially authoring a textbook?
Sleep Make homemade apple pie Feed yummy family-recipe pasta to anyone that sits down long enough Hug my husband and children Breathe Call people on the phone Actually watch a TV show without the...
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Jock or Athlete?
Yesterday, a family member said that my older daughter was “becoming quite a jock” due to her interest in soccer, basketball, snowboarding, and softball. I found myself offended by the term “jock,”...
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You know you’re finally a Vermonter when…
1. 50 degrees is just too warm for a jacket. 2. You hear “winter storm warning” and immediately wonder if you have enough toilet paper, milk, and bread, not how much snow is coming. 3. The main...
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Snow…SNOW…SNOW!
I love the snow here. It’s like a blanket that covers the land while it slumbers during the cold months. It crunches under my feet, and I feel the life that waits patiently for spring with each step I...
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Overjoyed but dragging my tail
This has been one of those weekends that has contained epiphanies and serendipity. I feel as though I have run a marathon while towing a semi truck…that subsequently ran over me. On one hand, my...
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Christmas is coming…
Way too quickly! I was just looking through some pictures, and it seems like we were sweating through the summer heat. We are preparing to travel to my husband’s family’s home in a few days, and each...
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In the land of the uber-materialistic people
I feel like we have traveled to a different country. We are visiting my husband’s family in Atlanta, and I find it hard to believe that I actually lived here once. The people seem so hung up on...
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Insights from this crazy Christmas trip
We’re still in the land of the uber-materialistic for a few more days. It’s truly an alien culture, and I see so much of what is the worst about America since I’ve been here, at least in terms of...
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