maywood living
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Where is the Easter Bunny when you need him?
This is the latest Easter I can recall. And I’m not actually recalling it because it isn’t here yet! And it’s killing me. And it’s killing all of us at school who are dragging our bodies through the day. By the last class of the day, my students are just blobs in a chair. I… Continue reading
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Cousins
My cousins and I are now officially the reigning generation. I can’t quite bring myself to call us the “senior” generation. We are not that old. I’m willing to admit that, with most of us being in our fifties, we are grown-ups. Alas, with the passing last week of Aunt Suzanne, we are now the ones in charge. … Continue reading
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Why do today what you can put off ’til tomorrow?
“Why do today what you can put off ’til tomorrow?” Those were the words of wisdom coming from SpongeBob this morning as we slurped coffee on yet another snow day. Yesterday I took my beloved car for an alignment–the wobble was becoming problematic. I could procrastinate no longer and having President’s Day off was a perfect time… Continue reading
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Friday night with the Geezers
geezer (gee-zer) n. 1. any old person in front of you on the Beltway driving at 25 mph 2. your grandparents Oh wait, words change meaning over time… geezer (gee-zer) n. 1. any person a generation older than you who cannot or will not keep pace with your frantic lifestyle, changing technology, or morphing vocabulary… Continue reading
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A real snow day
Tractor Supply was mentioned on the radio recently as a strong company to invest in and it was described as a company catering to “recreational farmers.” Is that what we are–recreational farmers? Wow, that sounds so la-dee-dah, like we are landed gentry who can just play around at farming while real farmers go bankrupt trying… Continue reading
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Motivation…complete lack of motivation
Another snow day. And the big deal doesn’t hit until tonight. Oh, I don’t mind. I still live for snow days, even though I have given all my exams except for period seven. If we had gone in today, I could call it a wrap on first semester. Alas, that is still hanging over my… Continue reading
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Little children…
“Why do you love God so much?” “Because He takes care of us.” I don’t know if that was the best answer to an off-the-cuff four year old question, but it seemed appropriate to the situation. Theology degrees give a nice grounding, but it’s life that prepares you to deal with the punches. Grown-ups can… Continue reading
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Sloppy Joe
Did we jinx the Ravens by serving Sloppy Joe’s at our play-off party? Or was it because I did not buy that Flaco red wine that I saw at Calvert? (I didn’t buy it because it wasn’t spelled Flacco and because it said it was a good sangria red. Well, that told me that I… Continue reading
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Snow day!
Baltimore County two hour delay. Schools in the Hereford Zone are closed. Sorry, Julie, that you are teaching at the other end of the county, but as you know, the roads are tricky out here–hilly and windy with guardrails lacking in critical drop off areas, like the sharp bend on Miller Lane! Ok, so it’s… Continue reading
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Hibernating
It is in the bleak mid-winter that I most feel a discord between the rhythm of the seasons and our bondage to the clock. Why can’t we hibernate in winter like the bears and the bees? We don’t need the entire winter, just January. Isn’t that why we load up on food at Christmas, so… Continue reading
Slightly Off the Grid 