One of my favorite quotes from a book reads, “it does not to do dwell on dreams and forget to live.” Lately, I confess, I’ve been dwelling on dreams. I try so hard to live in the now, as it were, but I feel as though I’m failing entirely. With my dissertation safely in the [...]
I have a real love-hate relationship with Facebook. On one hand, I like keeping up with friends. On the other hand, I’m constantly puzzled by the people who try to add me as a “friend” on Facebook. People who, for example, I’ve not seen since high school and who, once I cave and add them [...]
My parents came for a visit this weekend and it was so wonderful to see them. I’ve written before about how hard it is to be so very far away from home, but what has surprised me even more is that this hasn’t gotten easier despite the fact that we’ve been in Florida for seven [...]