I came across this a bit late, but IT'S WORTH READING. Subtle, aren't I? ;) http://ping.fm/i05ir

Jane Eyre is released in theaters this Friday (as in tomorrow) - no word as to the Charlotte, NC date yet! http://ping.fm/Sh5AC

It's the best, kids: True-Color photographs of San Francisco after 1906 quake: http://ping.fm/Sbq66

I'm on spring break!

Yes, I finally have a respite from the stress of the last two weeks. /sigh, lovely. 8)

But despite the time to unwind and get things done around the house, I'm still working on a project that's due later this month. I took today off, ran around with Dave, picked up a new high-quality book bag that will hopefully take me into the next 5-10+ years and we're celebrating with a dinner out later tonight. But ahhh, tomorrow it's back to the grind of wriitng for another 4 or 5 hours before another break in the evening for the George Winston concert. I'll provide a review, however brief, later that evening if I can. Ash Wednesday will be a half-work/half reflection day of sorts for me and then the rest of the week will be more work.

Does this interest you at all? Probably not, but at least it helps me think out loud (by typing...oy). Gotta go, kids. I need to savor what's left of Monday!
Cheers!

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Does it get any better? Finding 100 year old music at the bottom of the sea...this is as marvelous as the French wine they found in a shipwreck from 1800.

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Genetics and Royalty: my two favorite subjects. :)

Absent, yet strangely still here :)

Hello my Little Chickapoos,

I bow my head in shame as I admit/regret that I've been absent from my blog since November. Needless to say, I have a good reason! I've been supernaturally busy since December and while I probably had a good amount of time to write over the Christmas break and then the snow storm that hit at the beginning of January (which made the month go by veeerry slowly), writing was the last thing on my mind after the 60+ pages I wrote last semester. ;) It also wasn't the best of months and February is looking a little brighter, yet I'm still in the midst of creating presentations, reading French philosophy (/mumble, yelp, mumble), observing Eng 101 classes for a teaching assignment, writing a paper on Rhetoric in the Digital Age (/yay! 8) ) and tutoring, of course. This is not my favorite semester so far, but I'm pushing forward. I'm still indulging in my Anglotopian realities/fantasies, keeping up with Kate and Will's wedding plans, reading a tome on Elizabeth I's England and stocking up on this summer's reading. Here's a list for ye:

The Lady in the Tower - Alison Weir

The Bronte Myth - Lucasta Miller

Posting It: The Victorian Revolution in Letter Writing

White Heat: The Friendship of Emily Dickinson and Thomas Wentworth Higginson - Brenda Wineapple

I'm looking forward to gobbling these up. I'll provide reviews and speaking of which, I need to probably review a few of the other ones I read over the winter break.

So perhaps I'll stop by more often. If not, rest assured, I'll have plenty to talk about when I come back from visiting the Home Country in May. ;)

Until then! Love, tea and crumpets, sweeties.