Tag: bloom

  • Bloom 8 – The Luxury of Stopping

    Bloom 8 – The Luxury of Stopping

    I won’t take up too much of your time with the ongoing woes of Pyrite University (in fact, I sincerely hope this is the last post where I even mention it), but it’s central to what’s going on in my life just now, as well as being at the core of this “Bloom” post. It’s…

  • Bloom 7 – Pay Attention!

    Bloom 7 – Pay Attention!

    Since everything at Pyrite University (“Go, Fool’s Gold!”) fell down, I have been amazed at the kindness of people. When the twin monsters of Doubt and Anxiety had me bleakly expecting the worst, I was quickly consoled that things would, in fact, be All Right. And, lo, it came to pass. People I knew well…

  • Unemployed Diva

    Unemployed Diva

    So, it all fell down. Come and listen to lessons from the litter. Until Monday, I was a tenured professor who taught a variety of law classes to undergraduates and MBA students at a small, nondenominational Christian liberal arts university in South Carolina. Let’s call it Pyrite University, since it turned out to be fool’s…