What I Saw at the Deployment

Posted by on Feb 14, 2007 in dish | 0 comments Early this morning–and I mean early: from one to three a.m.–mom, sis, and I went on base to see baby bro off to his third deployment to the mideast. Ft. Stewart, GA, is the home of the Third Infantry, so there’s a lot of coming and going in the Hinesville area. When you add the quartermasters, MPs, artillery, etc. that accompany the “Rock of the Marne,” that’s...
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What I’m Doing During Summer Vacation

Posted by on Jun 15, 2006 in dish | 0 comments I have never, in my eighteen years of teaching, assigned a “What I Did Over Summer Vacation” essay. For one, summer vacation would have to be a tangible entity in order for anyone to be “over” it (yes, I also get cranky when people “plan on” something, especially when that something is not corporeal, like a table). For another thing, “What I Did . . . Yada Yada” essays are typically...
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Ramblin’ Gal

Posted by on Jul 27, 2005 in dish | 0 comments Tahoe Originally uploaded by mimifl. This is the only picture of Lake Tahoe I managed to take with my own camera before the batteries died. I took postcard-worthy shots for everyone else, but I only have this one today. Lake Tahoe’s gorgeous (no surprise there). Majestic grandeur, crystal blue waters, yada yada. I think I expected more, though. The section we drove into (from the Cali...
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Off to Reno!

Posted by on Jul 26, 2005 in dish | 0 comments Today I flew to Reno, Nevada–Biggest Little City in the World–for the RWA National Conference. Some observations on interstate travel: Time changes are a bitch. Here I’m thinking that Reno’s in Mountain Time (it’s in the mountains, right?), when all along it’s on PST. Totally screwed up the internal “feed me, Seymour” mechanism. The sleep...
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Loverly

Posted by on Jul 17, 2005 in dish | 0 comments Rhododendron Originally uploaded by mimifl. Pretty stuff, this rhododendron. Can’t grow it in Florida, since it’s hotter than Satan’s south furnace where I live. Lots of gorgeous flowers in the mountains I can’t grow at home–bearded iris, tulips, Queen Anne’s Lace–but the tradeoff is that I won’t be freezing my behind off in February. Nice to look...
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