I’ve been thinking about, and writing my response to, this Year-in-Review meme this morning. It’s taking me a lot longer than I thought it would (it’s really got me thinking!), so I’ll post my response when I finish. I know it’s not really standard practice1 to put up a meme that you haven’t finished, but [...]
Got the news last night that James, a close friend of M’s parents, died very suddenly on Sunday. He was only 54. Everyone’s still shocked. “What is man’s life? A bubble on the stream,Raised by the splashing rain, which merrilyDances along the swiftly gliding wave,Full of apparent life, then suddenlyBreaks and dissolves, and leaves no [...]
This year has turned out well, but not the way I was expecting it to. Actually, when I think about it, I don’t know if I had any particular plans or expectations for 2005, really. Are you supposed to admit that you started out with no goals in mind? Our wedding in March was The [...]