March 2010
6 posts
Back on the planet, but....slowly recovering
Just to let you know that I am indeed on the mend. However, I’m still very much in recovery mode. I need to spend most of the day napping. Whenever I think I’m back to normal, I overdo it and get slammed the next day. I’m still thinking/hoping that I will be able to stand up on a stage and give a keynote speech in Portland, OR, two weeks from today. I’m barely two weeks...
Return to Planet Earth
Henry James at Stanford
Henry James’ book, Portrait of a Lady, involves a young American woman in Europe and two European nobles who manipulate her. Through much of the novel, neither the Lady in question nor the reader knows about this manipulation. At some point, however, at a social gathering, the two manipulators exchange a glance across a crowded room — and all becomes clear for the reader, and...
Palo Alto Bound
I’m going for it.
Graduation Day
It’s been another rough week. Last night, Judy and I spent 9 PM - 4 AM in the Marin General ER because I’ve been spiking mini-fevers above 100.5, which is apparently some kind of threshold. They took blood for cultures to find the cause of the infection, pumped me full of IV antibiotics, and sent me home with oral antibiotics. My white and red blood cells are scary low because the...
The New Normal Achieves New Lows
Beloved friends. I am not appealing for more sympathy — I feel buoyed, supported, and uplifted by your love. But I do need to let you know that I’m in the thick of it. What that means is that my fervent hopes to attend class in person tomorrow have been dashed, and that it is likely that it will be some time before I can post anything more substantial here.
My Judy continues to be my...
