I didn't make this

Not even the picture,


and everything about this was awesome.


Big A has a fan following and it's not all kids.







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Maybe

Another day out with L, and I'm willing to accept that it looks more beautiful than it feels.












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Winter Beautiful

L is on a crusade to get me to admit that Winter can be beautiful...


#RedCedar #MSU







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Senior Seminar Dinner

It wasn't easy, but it was wonderful.





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Sometimes everyone just needs loving

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The Music's Playing

And our Nu is in the back row with all the other clarinetists. Their Ode to Joy was joyous and somehow Big A correctly identified one of the final squawks as Nu's.

"That was me," she confirmed gleefully.

#BossDayTreat #PostSansu



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Now Cage-Free

I reached out to the iconic Marilyn Frye some time ago asking her to speak at the college, and she declined. She must have sensed my immense (fandom and) disappointment, however, because she asked if I wanted to have coffee. Did I? YES. (I interpreted that as tea, but if I had to drink coffee in order to meet her, I would have.)

I got to gush about her work, and tell her I've lost count of the number of times I meet old students who have forgotten the details of every other reading, but remember  "the birdcage." She was so warm and lovely and generously claimed to love the stuff I'm working on right now. We talked for a couple of hours at Chapelure, and then I floated home on a wave of happiness.