Category Archives: life in general

The last thing I “lost”

Posted on April 11, 2015 by forstegrupp

When I got the prompt “Lost Serially” yesterday from Writing101, I was less than enthused, but willing to give it a go. For a day I started cataloguing things that I had lost recently. It was not a very long … Continue reading →

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The Cave Church of St. Peter in Antioch (Antakya)

Posted on April 7, 2015 by forstegrupp

Looking back on a school trip to eastern Turkey, I wonder whether there was a subtext, a hidden message conveyed by the places where we were taken on one particular day in June. We visited the cave church of St. … Continue reading →

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Writing101: What weighs on my mind

Posted on April 7, 2015 by forstegrupp

Just a few minutes ago, I called a good friend who  lives far away and is battling cancer. Her voice was hoarse, and she sounded exhausted. Her doctors have switched her chemo attempting to arrest the growth of several tumors. … Continue reading →

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NYTimes: The Cuddly, Fluffy, Surreal World of Angora Show Bunnies

Posted on April 3, 2015 by forstegrupp

NYTimes: The Cuddly, Fluffy, Surreal World of Angora Show Bunnies http://nyti.ms/1xCQJSz You have to click on the link above to see the bunnies photographed by Andres Serranos, who usually is making rather more controversial art. Of course the comments are more … Continue reading →

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What is implied about race by advertising? (In the New York Times Sunday edition)

Posted on March 31, 2015 by forstegrupp

This past Sunday morning (March 29) I was looking through the New York Times. I picked up this hefty advertisement for fun in the Florida sun and started flipping through it. The producers has pitched this to a different economic … Continue reading →

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Bunny hop

Posted on March 20, 2015 by forstegrupp

On my way out on this fine first day of spring, I noticed tracks. Distinctive tracks. They look like a bunny hoped down the walk and when I looked in the yard, this bunny had left a lot of tracks. … Continue reading →

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Reflection – Naval Gazing – a time honored activity

Posted on March 18, 2015 by forstegrupp

Life teaching at a girls’ school on the Mainline. I step out of my classroom to  speak to a colleague who just has returned from visiting her new doctor who has put her on a routine cycle of scans to … Continue reading →

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A modern “Artist of the Beautiful:” Davis Esterly

Posted on October 22, 2013 by forstegrupp

When the Harvard Magazine arrives, I usually sigh a bit (mentally) and shrug. The articles are interesting but they seem like such a rah-rah effort to advertise Harvard’s greatness. I will usually try to read at least one — because … Continue reading →

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A List of Summer Doings

Posted on August 14, 2013 by forstegrupp

Now that summer is drawing to a close, I want to make a list of what I managed to accomplish or do so I remember that not every day was full of nothing. Sometimes the days that are full of … Continue reading →

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A Warm February Day

Posted on February 8, 2009 by forstegrupp

Today is unseasonably warm and so while my husband bicycled to the lab to work, the children and I and the dog went to a park to walk and play tennis. The dog found a lacrosse ball and got rather … Continue reading →

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