I’m on day 3 now of my attempt to write 750 words a day for my blog for the month of September. I’m not sure South Mississippi can handle 30 days of heartfelt honesty from me. Probably in a day or two I’ll go back to talking about celery sticks and balsamic vinegar, but I’m [...]

For the 29 faculty members and 21 programs “down-sized” at The University of Southern Mississippi this week. Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rage at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their [...]

In Today’s Ted lecture: Big telescope finds Earth-like planets…yada, yada, yada. We still don’t know what that means for the possibilities of life like us on other planets, nor do we know how soon we can pack up and move now that we’ve trashed our own Earth…yada, yada, yada. And by the way, we dug [...]

Interesting. You need 6-8 healthy, waist high plants in your house per person to keep the air clean and healthy? I suppose those plants should all be currently alive. I’m going to have to get to work. Also, you need to take your plants outside for a while every few months. I’m not sure what [...]

I went to the Farmer’s Market this morning as part of my quest to purchase more local foods. It’s hard to remember to shop there, because it isn’t open every day. I’ve been determined make the Farmer’s Market a regular Saturday habit, though, since I read Barbara Kingsolver’s Animal, Vegetable, Miracle and was appalled to [...]