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It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance…and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process.Henry James (1843-1916)

Happy Groundhog’s Day, everyone! According to Punxatawney Phil, spring is just around the corner. Thank goodness, because I don’t know how many more of these super-cold days I can take! I got to campus today and it was about 9 degrees… with a “feel-temperature” of -1. At least it is Read more…

Morgan Freeman said this first in Italian, then gave the English translation.  “Life is what you make it.”  We have been given the gift of agency. We can choose what we will do, what values we will embrace or eschew, how we will respond to the world around us and Read more…

Of all lies, art is the least untrue.Gustave Flaubert(1821-1880) One element I really enjoy bringing into my class room teaching is the philosophical debate in the arts. Take this quote for example. What does it mean? It is implicating art as something that is not entirely true, though its wording Read more…

Yesterday I made some yummy cookies! It was great to get done with work, finalize travel plans for my conference, come home and just bake! The dough was AMAZINGLY delicious, and the cookies were great too — aside from the first batch which got slightly overbaked. I also spent an Read more…

So Wednesday night I went to see the BYU production of Peter Pan. It was amazing! I went by myself, which is a big thing because I generally hate going to things like that alone. But I just did it. And I had a wonderful time. The show was extremely Read more…

So I started writing my list of attributes I want in a husband. The YW list was severely deficient, and I’ve got a promise to make good on. Who knows how long it will take to get the guy to me, so I’m starting the praying etc now. Which leads in Read more…

Today was a good day. It started off very well, with me sleeping in, but also waking up. Does that make any sense? Of course not! What I mean is that I slept in this morning, but rather than feeling draggy and waking up late in the day, I woke Read more…

Dear friends,I’m pretty certain that more than a few people read my blog from time to time. Sometimes I write on here just for myself, but if you’re out there, I’d love your comments.Life threw me a gift in disguise about 6 weeks ago. While I am very grateful now Read more…

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