Category Archives: Travel
Returning to the Blogosphere
I have wanted to return to the blogosphere for while and haven’t had 2 seconds of peace to do it. So what better than to make my return here to coincide with my return to London. Leaving this morning, packed … Continue reading
What I Learned in East Lansing #4
Here’s the last thing I learned in EL that I’m going to share, which is really more a “remembered” than a “learned”: the families we make are powerful and important. I’ve spent a week with Matt and Trav, and while … Continue reading
Filed under Conference, Family, Friends, LGBT, Travel
Things I Learned in East Lansing #3
The third thing I’ve learned on my trip to MSU/East Lansing is this: I’m too old to hang out with graduate students! Oy vey! These folks stay up until 1:00 or 2:00 or, heaven forbid, 3:00 a.m. and then pop … Continue reading
Filed under Conference, Friends, Fun, Travel
Things I Learned in East Lansing #2
Here’s the second thing I’ve learned/remembered in East Lansing: I miss having gay friends. Facebook is wonderful for what it is, and I adore my friends and colleagues to pieces, but I sooo miss having gay friends to hang out … Continue reading
Things I Learned in East Lansing #1
Here’s the first thing I’ve learned in East Lansing: I miss graduate school. A lot! I spent most of yesterday and all of today on the campus of Michigan State, which is really quite beautiful, even on overcast and rainy … Continue reading
Filed under Conference, Friends, School, Travel
Visiting East Lansing, Writing/Reading
I’m now one day in to my visit to East Lansing, MI, for Feminisms & Rhetorics. Terribly excited about this trip, largely because I get to spend a whole week with two of my favorite people, Trav and Matt. Despite … Continue reading
Filed under Conference, Friends, School, Travel, Writing
Writing Retreat Weekend!
I’ve kinda been waiting for this weekend for weeks … pretty much ever since I left Atlanta and Julia … so tomorrow morning, bright and early, I’m taking off to Dillsboro, NC, for a weekend in the mountain to write … Continue reading
On Seeing Peter Pan in Kensington Garden …
Tuesday begins as a day of infinite promise — what could be bad about seeing Peter Pan in Kensington Garden, after all? This truly was the trip/excursion that my whole three weeks in London would hang on … The rest … Continue reading
Pas de Tennis, Pas de Spring Awakening …
Monday of week two means teaching Winnie-the-Pooh. I should probably quit teaching it; it doesn’t get easier to do. Part of me says, ‘What is there to say?’ But it’s so much work to go beyond the obvious – how … Continue reading
Trip to Kew Gardens
Tuesday morning, week one, we leave early for Kew Gardens. The sun has been almost unbearable … how can we be in London with so much blue sky and sun? In fact, several of us got a little bit of … Continue reading
