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teeth before words: eating success
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Poems for trapped things. Thursday, August 27, 2009. I am a mostly employed academic. And I've quit my solid, rent-paying, dependable library job to venture forth on this academic gig. Which is scary. I'm only sure of employment until next July. Then - into the deep: summer: the long dull winter of the part-time lecturer's soul in which paycheques dry up and stress levels skyrocket. But why anticipate such times? So I'm having a celebratory dinner tonight, which I'm cooking - along with Allegra McEvedy.
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teeth before words: October 2008
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Poems for trapped things. Friday, October 10, 2008. Things that make my day. THEN I got to pat the police horses as they stood majesterial guard outside the Uni. Max is beautiful and his person very cheery - the kind of police officer straight out of a children's book - I wonder if the horses make community work easier (for people unafraid of horses! Monday, October 06, 2008. When did that happen? As Nas commented this morning on our way to campus - 'I'm a doctor! And I saw a fox! We also saw Die Welle.
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teeth before words: December 2008
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Poems for trapped things. Wednesday, December 17, 2008. Three more days . First week of term, on the other hand, is a glorious 5 weeks away right now. Five weeks introduced by two weeks of Christmas hols with the library and universities CLOSED. I may accidentally lock my office keys in my office. I'm kinda looking forward to Christmas this year. Albeit, it won't be the same so far away. But this year, we've made our own tree out of paper and stuck it to the wall (space saving! I'm feeling very blah toda...
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Because the Alternative is Unthinkable: September 2012
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Sunday, September 16, 2012. Field Trip – Erie County Forest. So a couple weeks after our adventure in Batavia, we took a field trip to the Erie County Forest. 160; They have horse trails there… and where horse trails are, llamas are allowed to go . What interested me most about this field trip was the fact that the forest contains streams, wooden bridges and. Wooden bridges – all things I want The Boys to not think twice about should they encounter them in the future. Not far from the bridge was a stream...
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Because the Alternative is Unthinkable: May 2014
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Saturday, May 17, 2014. Yesterday was a very busy and exhausting day… the vet came out for the Boys’ yearly checkup and to take care of ‘stuff’ that needed doing. While I am not one that enjoys watching the shows on TV that show surgeries (ick! It was kind of interesting to see how the gelding was done. It wasn’t as gross and bloody as I had imagined it to be, but at the same time I didn’t really want to take pictures of the procedure either. I love how Olliver made sure he passed out on his best friend.
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Because the Alternative is Unthinkable: January 2014
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Wednesday, January 22, 2014. What I ended up doing was making coats for the two of them. Allbus got one made of two polar fleece blankets I picked up at the Salvation Army sewn together for lots of warmy-goodness and Olliver’s coat was made out of an old comforter I had. Allbus was the first priority and therefore the guinea pig of my initial llama-blanket-making experiment. Thank you so much to Dragonfly Llama. For the pattern to get me started – it was perfect for someone (me! On a limited budget.
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Because the Alternative is Unthinkable: September 2011
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Monday, September 5, 2011. August is over… Where, oh where, did the summer go? I set the trap for a couple more weekends and haven’t had any takers, so I think that any raccoons that have been visiting me are gone. For now anyway. Doctors can be very testy when you haven’t gone to see them for a while. Tetanus shots hurt just as much as I remember. I just don’t remember them making me feel sick before. I forgot how much bee stings hurt. And itch. I’ve become addicted to vanilla malted milkshakes.
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Because the Alternative is Unthinkable: October 2013
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Monday, October 21, 2013. Being a relatively new llama owner, having three never-before-handled ‘babies’ was a little bit scary. I also know that you are not supposed to leave the halters on when llamas are out in their field, so I knew I had to take them off. I was amazed at how relatively easy it was to approach them and get the halters off. I’m guessing that they were probably still unsure of their surroundings, so that probably helped. Monday, October 21, 2013. Links to this post. After weeks of sear...
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Because the Alternative is Unthinkable: Brrrrr!
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Wednesday, January 22, 2014. What I ended up doing was making coats for the two of them. Allbus got one made of two polar fleece blankets I picked up at the Salvation Army sewn together for lots of warmy-goodness and Olliver’s coat was made out of an old comforter I had. Allbus was the first priority and therefore the guinea pig of my initial llama-blanket-making experiment. Thank you so much to Dragonfly Llama. For the pattern to get me started – it was perfect for someone (me! On a limited budget.
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