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her sleek
and her white teddy shimmering
even under the dim scrutiny of the naked bulb

as she vainly flees the madman
turning on lights in a darkened room,
only to find, not an exit,
but a body,
limbs askew
as if thrown there by a particularly
petulant child,
or an employee at a Halloween haunted house

enjoying the idea of the creative fear
he is about to engender in someone,
humming to himself ...

So here I am sitting in the Portland Oregon airport without (to my relief) the responsibility of not geting scratches on a new rental car and contemplating the 14 miles or so journey to our hotel where hopefully there are no more unexpected surprises awaiting.

As with Atlanta I am gazing out at the skyline of Oregon viewing the mountains and fir tress in the distance. The trees begin to take on the aspect of a horde of lawn gnomes from the Travelocity commercials and I chuckle at ...

I am working on uploading my photos that I took during my Halloween visit to my sister, and the morning of my flight back home on the way to the airport we stopped by the cemetery to stroll around and we found this to be a bit funny in an eerie sort of way.

It was fairly early in the morning still, and it was a misty mourning, kind of gray, and we are walking through the cemetery which is still wet from rain the night before when back this this sort of creepy part of the cemetery ...

Hi guys!

Well, you wouldn't believe how busy it is now...Ew.
I am coming to really hate Wednesdays and dread their coming each week because of their dreadfully long labs. After that day, I'm exhausted, and just wish that Friday will always be on the low...well lucky me, big Biology Exam today!

On Wednesday, I registered for Spring Semester classes! Yay! I was so afraid I was going to have to wait for next week. It's a good thing my mom went in and had to talk ...

Atlanta airport. The busiest in the United States. I have never liked it having previously been entertained there back in the 1980s and this trip would do little to change my view.

Our trip from Dayton took approximately an hour and we disembark with luggage in hand. I'm attached to a garment bag and a suitcase and Ruth has a purse (very rare for her) and a smaller bag. Throughout the trip I'm constantly changing my grip on the necessities of life while Ruth stops and waits while ...