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Monthly Archives: November 2010
The Waiting Game
Anyone reading my blog, let alone those who know me well, realize I am an extraordinarily impatient person. Ironic then, that I exist in the academic world, which demands I wait for nigh on everything. Stock brokers trade and triumph … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Life, Biography, Motherhood, Travel
Tagged Christmas, Family, Higher Education, Thanksgiving
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Sitting Scholarship Shiva
Worth the Wait My boss and I have a ritual on the weekends we await announcements from major scholarships. She comes over, and we sit in my living room sipping Sherry with phones and laptops strewn around us. I realize … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Life, Biography, Motherhood
Tagged Family, Higher Education, scholarship, Shiva
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Time Warp
Last night I entered a time warp. My husband and I attended an event at the Chicago UK Consul General’s home for Cambridge alumni. I expected to see the usual suspects and have a lovely evening. I entered, found … Continue reading
DINKdom Deferred
When our neighborhood gathers for impromptu summer soirees, the adults sip wine and reminisce about long gone days of less responsibility while the children for whom we are now responsible frolic on front lawns. I always listen with wistful envy … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Life, Biography, Motherhood
Tagged DINK, Family, Higher Education, marriage
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Marital Rule
The English hold an image as the anti-ethnicity. Understated English culture finds definition in what it is not: spicy, flashy, emotional. Watching The Young Victoria reminded me, however, that the most remarkable English institution, the Monarchy, has only recently shaken … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Life, Biography, History, Motherhood
Tagged Family, family values, marriage, Monarchy, Prince Albert, Queen Victoria, Tea Party
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Helpful Humiliation
For a convoluted set of reasons led by what I think to have been false advertising, at 7am last Monday I stood surrounded by undergraduates in exercise garb. As soon as I entered the gym, I … Continue reading
