every day, one good thing

Life in late capitalism can be vexing, alienating, fragmenting, and otherwise frustrating. There are many wonderful things in my life, but I'm more likely to talk about what's bad rather than what's good. I'm going to try to post one good thing here each day, and if you would join in by adding a good thing from your day in the comments, I'd love it--I'd absolutely love it. --RR

4/29: the last regularly scheduled office hour

...of the academic year was this afternoon, and it was a good one. A student reflected very thoughtfully on a project they had recently fin...

4/28: receiving official word

...about the decision of a student conduct case that's taken up a lot of mental and emotional space.

4/27: Charlotte's words

Every week since the end of October I've been posting a new positive/encouraging adjective derived from Latin or Greek elements on the b...

4/26: 4 Bs

...on my morning walk: bees, butterflies, a bunny, and berries (as yet unripe, but something to look forward to).

4/25: the luxury

...of having two rice makers. While one is cooking jasmine brown rice, the other is working on Jasberry rice. (I like to mix the two when ...

4/24: re-reading

...the last bit of "The Old Vicarage, Grantchester." It goes: Say, is there Beauty yet to find? And Certainty? and Quiet kind? D...

4/23: a trio of good things

On my drive to school I saw a decommissioned school bus that had some of its letters whited-out so it said "cool bus." I forgot to...

4/22: being glad

...that we read Victoria Turnbull's Pandora for today's picturebooks class meeting. It's a tired and tiring time of the semest...

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