I had a homework assignment this week for my Craft and Practice in Creative Writing class. It was an “observation and reflection” free-writing exercise for which we were to take 20-30 minutes in some familiar setting. For the first 10-15 minutes, we had to simply observe on our surroundings, considering the external aspects of our environment. For […]
A little bit of Hermione… I am truly loving most of my classes this semester! I only have one that is a traditional classroom setting, albeit an online one. That is my Mythology and Modern Life class. I really am loving my class in terms of what I am studying. My professor is amazing; I’ve done […]
The Crafty Witch I spent part of yesterday afternoon updating PDFs for my own crochet designs, offered here as well, and setting up a Ravelry store. All of my goodies are free, at least so far. I found a couple of great Ravelry plugins for my site, too, in my side bar. One (Ravelry Goodies) shows […]
I have never in my life tried so hard to learn something in my life and it is frustrating as hell. Before this semester, I was so looking forward to my two independent study classes, Women of Faerie and The Faerie Realm in Folklore and Literature, both taught by the same professor. I registered for them last […]
I don’t even know where to start! So much in just a short amount of time. Maybe chronologically…! Prof Love Goodness Kim, this is close to a masterpiece and completely publishable in a military oriented magazine or website. -Professor Jeff Cahan This is really the least of it all, but a moment that really made […]
Today is a big day in my world. It is registration day for next semester and, of course, it is Election Day. I have registered for 4 classes, although I may need to add another. Then there is the question of financial aid. Will I still be eligible if I find out that I need […]
Where does the time go? Donovan decided on a college last night. He is a future University at Albany – SUNY alumni! That is the same college I went to as a freshman and 1 semester as a sophmore before I went into the Army. He also got accepted into the Honors College, which sounds like something […]