there are some things that will always be wonderful.  for example: an amazing brother who fixes my site. speaking in an austrian accent.  go on — try it, it’s fun.  just substitute every W for a V. spending your morning with one song playing just because it makes ones heart feel good. watching the snow… Continue reading

i have just a few minutes before i run off to teach some lessons.  yeah, i teach still.  my four beginning students are as many as i can into my schedule right now and the only reason i choose to somehow fit that many in is because i love my students that much and because… Continue reading this or that.

a few sentences… i’ve never wanted a dog.  yesterday, for about two seconds, i wanted i dog.  the feeling quickly went away. my birthday is in ten days.  my family will have a lovely dinner for me where they’ll shower me with appreciations and all my favorite foods.  but today, as i fought the desire… Continue reading the sillies of a girl.

i drove past a farm today.  there were several cows out in their designated fenced in area eating.  no shock there.  then i noticed a very furry cow and thought his stance rather strange.  the first thought i had was that it was a very strange sort of mutation and the farmer really shouldn’t have… Continue reading north country.

every now and then i’ll do something and my co-worker will turn and say, “you are so twenty.” maybe this being so twenty is a bad thing or maybe it just equals being crazy and ridiculously fun and silly… i still haven’t figured that one out. but i guess my being so twenty would explain… Continue reading twenty.

my blog-a-day is going to turn into no-blogging-through-the-weekend.  why?  well, let’s just say that there are a few joys about going to a house that’s hidden in the woods.  and they are: limited internet access (no time warner there, baby!) and limited cell phone reception.  and that’s just fine by me. a few days without… Continue reading into the woods

a few sentences for today… my code is all messed up so my sidebar is at the bottom of the page.  one would think that after blogging for so many years i would know how to fix something like that.  do i?  nope.  good thing i have a brother who does.  too bad he’s so… Continue reading of coding and driving and loneliness.

my brain is telling me to be done.  it’s been struggling to keep up since 9am this morning when i first sat down at my desk and now that the clock has ticked past 5pm it’s warning me that it will shut down if i don’t go and rest for a bit.  but i’m surrounded… Continue reading going with bandaids and sorting and lullabies.

i used to blog.  daily.  you know — i wrote something every. single. day.  even if it was just a few sentences, i wrote something.  you know — back in high school when my life was interesting. so a few things.  just a few sentences.  every. single. day.  i can do that. ramen noodles and… Continue reading keep going…

facebook, gmail chat, and twitter have proved that people love to write about themselves in third person.  and for some reason, people also love reading it.  so why not blog one ginormous facebook status update? louissa: is in California and enjoying the sun. thinks that she likes the idea of summer all year round, but… Continue reading status update