RDP Friday – Lamp

There is absolutely no reason for this word today, other than I was sitting in my living room wondering what …

RDP Friday – Autumn

It always surprises me at this time of year:  one day, the leaves are green hanging happily from their trees, …

RDP Friday – Foreboding

Well, so far I’ve survived the beginning of term, but I can’t help having a feeling of foreboding.  Will it …

RDP Friday – Nervous

I’m not going to lie, I’m nervous.  Classes begin on Monday at the post-secondary institution where I work, and I …

RDP Friday – Deja Vu

As I have now been back in my office for a week, COVID cases here are going up again, people …

RDP Friday – Resignation

Well, my working at home days are almost done.  Yes, with the virus still raging and no way of knowing …

RDP Friday – Sweltering

I am not a fan of heat, which is why I like living where I do.  Almost never too hot …

RDP Friday – Grind

Well, my summer vacation is over, and I’m back to the grind.  Luckily, this week is short for me as …

RDP Friday – Over

Well, my summer vacation will soon be over.  It has been a marvelous stay-cation of housework, writing, and general laziness.  …

RDP Friday – Rain

Well, for a city right on the ocean, you wouldn’t think it would be so dry in the summer.  Of …

RDP Friday – Halfway

Well, it was bound to happen.  Time passes whether you like it or not, and now I find myself at …

RDP Friday – Free

Free am I.  I am free.  To do whatever I want for the next four weeks.  Well, I guess I …

RDP Friday – Off

I’m off, baby.  Vacay, holidays, staycation, all of the above!  Most importantly, work email off, and remote work laptop off.  …

RDP Friday – Six

Six work days left until I can turn off my work email for one month (not that I’m counting or …

RDP Friday – Burn

Yesterday I crashed and burned.  It’s been so crazy at work, I just couldn’t do it anymore, so I rearranged …

RDP Friday – Challenge

Recently I’ve been feeling like every day at work is riddled with challenges.  Nothing big, certainly nothing like last year, …

RDP Friday – Carousel

Like the Joni Mitchell song says, “We’re captive on the carousel of time.  We can’t return, we can only lookbehind, …

RDP Friday – Opening

Finally – maybe this time that light at the end of the tunnel that’s been so enticing, so close and …

RDP Friday – Soon

Well, it’s the May long weekend here in Canada.  And in my province, the plan is to lift restrictions after …

RDP Friday – Tired

What a week!  I can’t express how thankful I am I survived, although moments were fun and rewarding, now I’m …

RDP Friday – Workshop

This is my workshop season.  Not taking them, although I squeeze one or two in, but giving them for faculty …

RDP Friday – Gobsmacked

Yes indeed I am, realizing that it’s already the end of April.  How is it time just keeps moving along, …

RDP Friday – Inevitable

I watch as my institution puts all its eggs in the “back to face to face classes for fall!” basket.  …

RDP Friday – Register

Today, something simple.  But gratifying and happy and relieving all at the same time.  Yes, that’s right.  I finally have …

RDP Friday – Shoulder

There is nothing like trying to get a cat out from under a table, slipping on your own carpet, putting …

RDP Friday – Patience

We are so close….don’t give up yet.  Keep wearing those masks and social distancing, and whatever it takes so we …

RDP Friday – Misconception

I was trying to think of a good word for this week, when this one just popped into my head.  …

RDP Friday – Sprout

Well, it’s been here for awhile, Spring I mean, but I know for some of you it’s just beginning.  So …

RDP Friday – Interview

This week, I’m keeping it simple.  I have been interviewing faculty where I work, asking them to share their stories …

RDP Friday – Tunnel

We are all looking down it, that long dark tunnel of the last year.  But look, there in the distance…a …