loved anyway

Pene is special to all of us - in so many ways.

beautiful menace

Perhaps 'menace' is a bit strong a word, but not good for the roses in any sense. Perhaps 'beautiful' is a bit strong as well. It sounded poetic though.

teaching in rural Wisconsin

It is only teaching in rural Wisconsin that you would hear this,
"I spent all of last period blow-drying my squirrel."

For a week now the hallways have smelt of dead fish - compliments of the same taxidermy class that requires blow drying squirrels. I have been told that if you need the hair on your squirrel to stand up a bit, mousse works well.

We were encouraged in our university courses to time labs that emit delectable aromas for important advertising days like the day that students sign up for their next year's classes -
apparently the ag teachers aren't worried about declining enrollments.

Tanzania choirs

Choir in Mgori church where Mom grew up
The music and the people were both truly beautiful.



Another choir, this one with electic keyboard accompaniment.

Sheryl communicating with rutting wildebeest

This is one of the photos that I took at the same time. We call it 'Wildeboost Peep'.

pillow weight

"...If your pillow is six years old -- which is apparently about the average age for a pillow -- it has been estimated that one-tenth of its weight will be made up of "sloughed skin, living mites, dead mites and mite dung,"to quote the man who did the measuring." (Short History, pg 365)
So,if you happen to be sharing pillows I suppose the fraction of its weight that is comprised of biological matter could be considerably higher. (I do actually sleep on the pillow that is beneath the two top pillows - but it is much older than six years old.)