by kpalana | Oct 7, 2013 | Blog
4th Birthday Party to plan. In-laws coming to visit. Three classes to teach. Younger son has a fever. It’s Registration time and 19 advisees with 30 minute appointments each at the University to fit into my schedule. Why do we only have three forks? Have...
by kpalana | Oct 4, 2013 | Blog
Damn! It’s not often that I am jealous of myself, but after looking for something to post today (Flashback Friday) from my old private blog “Starting Fresh: From Joisey to Rome,” it was hard not to drool over the photographs below. Was there really a...
by kpalana | Sep 27, 2013 | Blog
Something for Flashback Friday from my old (private) blog when I first moved to Rome. This entry is dated, October 26, 2007. I just realized that I haven’t posted any photos in a while. Here’s one taken today on the balcony. The sky is overcast here in Rome, but at...
by kpalana | Sep 25, 2013 | Blog
“Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and...
by kpalana | Sep 23, 2013 | Blog
“There’s an old saying in Tennessee — I know it’s in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can’t get fooled again.” — George W. Bush. Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2002 OK, so...
