rain

it is not by circumstance that it rained the other night. in each drop was not only the promise of a new season, but reminders of how memories nudge our blooming/becoming. each tip, tap, tip, tap urges us to reawaken from our winter slumbers and to sprout anew, to an internal landscape harvested from the past.

rain has always simultaneously felt both melancholy and renewing to me and I guess this weekend's drops were no different.

winter quarter grading is done. dropping numerous less than desirable final grades on master’s students is painful. especially given that i will see them again for round two of this class. it’s one thing to give grades to students, knowing that you may never see them again, it’s another, when you’re going to face them in seven days; makes for an interesting first day back. thank goddess for kaladi and it singlehandedly caffeinating courage next week.

also along the lines of academe, my first double blind peer reviewed paper got accepted for presentation at a conference that i highly regard this week. and although my true mo behind doing it was for the free trip to chicago, it will officially mark my formal entrance into stuffy suits, too tight heels and uncontrollable academic preening/posturing....the ivory tower awaits.