Author Archives: suziecreamcheese

2 inches of snow and we’re all gonna die

It’s Sunday. We may or may not get a couple of inches of snow on Tuesday. We may or may not get rain instead. It’s a bit too early to tell, honestly. In recent years, it’s become a sort of … Continue reading

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Politics, election and what I learned, part two

So, things were quiet over the summer. After the primary debacle, I contacted a friend who is pretty politically savvy and asked for his help. He agreed that the PAC had no clue what they were doing, and agreed to … Continue reading

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something totally different

This is a tale of a cow and a goat A cow named Dint and goat named Dont They live in a meadow just down the road With Maisy-Moo and a big ugly toad Dint and Dont are real. So … Continue reading

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Election, politics and what I learned

part one From the beginning: I live in the country, way out in the country, my nearest neighbor is about 800 feet from me. The deer and the antelope play. Well, no, we don’t have antelope. We do have foxes … Continue reading

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Waiting

My college has gone on strike. It’s a long story, the short version is that we’ve been trying to work with the admin for three years, we’ve had no raises, the college wants ownership of intellectual property (I’ve created everything … Continue reading

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Reading!

At one of our faculty meetings recently, the leader lost her internet in the middle of the meeting so we carried on by discussing any recent books we’d loved. I mentioned a book called Picking Cotton, by Jennifer Thompson-Cannino, and … Continue reading

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Max and the Watermelon

He picked this himself. Max was my first Golden Retriever. He’s been gone for 7 years – I’m sure he’s currently showing Penny around in Heaven

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Penny

Yesterday at around 1, my friend called, frantic. Her choclate lab, Penny, was down and couldn’t get up. Penny was almost 13, her mom is 90. I grabbed the Bear and we went to help. I called our daycare/groomer/trainer to … Continue reading

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Shot again

Tomorrow I’m getting a shot in my hip. I switched doctors after talking to my family doctor, he referred me to a different neurosurgeon and that doctor sent me to pain management as the first step to resolving my back … Continue reading

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Biting my tongue

When I was in high school, there was a family a couple of towns over whose kids went to the same high school I did. There were three girls, (I think, it’s been a few years) and one boy. The … Continue reading

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