Just went for a walk to the YMCA, which is close to my house. Did I go into the Y? No. I walked by it. How sad. I had just gotten into playing raquetball about a month ago, and I was getting good. Hubs and I would play one to two matches every week. Now…Read more Social Distancing, Day 3

Sunday, March 15, 2020 The senators encircle Julius Caesar in a painting by 19th-century artist Carl Theodor von Piloty. Beware the ides of March, right?! I didn't see a meme about that yesterday, and that is saying something. I see posts about it every year. I'm a literature professor, after all. But no. The posts…Read more Social Distancing, Day 2

Saturday, March 14, 2020 I began social distancing officially on Saturday, the day I was supposed to fly to the Dominican Republic to see Uncle Pat (my husband's uncle). Pat lives in a condo in the DR, and we've been planning to visit for about three years now. We went in 2016 and 2017. It…Read more Social Distancing, Day 1

Hi. You know me. I'm a writer, a scholar, an editor, a professor, a cancer survivor, and so much more. I'm also living with chronic inflammation and rheumatoid arthritis. I manage my anxiety and cope with depression daily. I blog about #whatprofessorswear. I blog about Jane Austen. I'm adding another item to my blogging repertoire:…Read more Blogging in the Age of Coronavirus

#whatprofessorswear Why, yes, I would. I would love some mustard. Actually, I don't like the taste of mustard. Some people love it. Some people hate it. I'm in the middle. I do enjoy wearing a mustard-colored sweater, though. I bought this Banana Republic sweater years ago, and occasionally I wear it--like once a year. It's…Read more Would You Like Some Mustard on That?

#whatprofessorswear Y'all, I have fallen behind in my fashion blogging because I blogged eight times on the PBS Sanditon miniseries. I made it through Sanditon, so now it's time to make it back to What Professors Wear. Thanks for your patience. So I'm about a month behind in my sartorial blogging. Yikes! This post, therefore,…Read more Valentine’s Week, or Better Late than Never

Oh no you didn't, Sanditon on PBS writers, just disappoint all the fans. How dare you? How dare you begin a series by turning an underdeveloped Austen character (Mr. Sidney Parker) into a jerk, reform him to be tolerable (I suppose), and then make him a martyr to his family! How dare you introduce us…Read more Sanditon on PBS, Ep. 8 (finale)

Ooh la la, it's the Sanditon regatta, and look at who's getting all touchy feely. Did Sidney haaaave to show Charlotte how to row a boat? Really? Did he have to hold her hands and then touch her torso to show her to sit up straight? Nah. But he did. This episode packed in a…Read more Sanditon, Ep. 7

As it turns out, Georgiana was kidnapped in Episode 5! She didn't willing get into the carriage in Sanditon. Oh, no. She was whisked away to London by some scoundrels looking to receive payment for a gambling debt. Whose debt? Why, Mr. Otis Molyneux's! The horrid Mr. Howard intends to make the unwilling Miss Lambe…Read more Sanditon on PBS, Ep. 6

Let the games begin! This episode was more exciting than the previous one. The characters played cricket! Miss Denham smiled (for real)! Miss Lambe was "bundled"! Miss Heywood set out for London! Let's start with cricket. I don't know how to play this game. It's British, involves a ball and bat, and looks like baseball.…Read more Sanditon on PBS, Ep. 5