Sep
15
2016
3:00 a.m.: Up to go find a blanket. 4:00 a.m.: Still wide awake, listening to strange thumps and creature-sounds. 5:00 a.m. on the nose: Howler monkeys just outside the cabin start roaring at each other. 6:00 a.m.: Give up on sleep once and for all and take a shower. 6:30 a.m.: Capuchin monkeys replace howlers […]
Aug
30
2013
The muse is eluding me. I keep attempting to kick off a new entry, but I get only a bunch of duddy sentences. Just look at these: Do you know how hard teaching is? I’m finally back at work, after nearly nine months’ absence. You should have seen my nightmare the other night. Let’s talk […]
May
27
2012
On Tuesday, May 23, 2012, Lulu started a new job. She has had some important jobs before now, but this is her first post-graduate Big Girl job, and she found it all by herself. She is editor and producer for care2.com, “the largest online community for healthy and green living, human rights and animal welfare.” […]