Hello Happy Bloggers

Sorry I had to wait until Friday
to be happy--but you know how it goes.

A little drizzle is dazzling the fall colors
of leaves spinning and flitting in the wind
outside my office window.

In a few minutes I will grab my umbrella
and head out for a stroll
to a small coffee shop down past the campus green
for a Womens Studies department meeting.

Ironically, my goal is to keep silent,
not to say anything stupid today. Smile, nod, agree--
and get on with my grading.

Forty Plus papers--a few students appear
to actually be learning. Strange on this October day.

I feel like having children
just so I could run home, drink apple cider, carve pumpkins,
and watch the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown on DVD.
MMMmmmmmm . . . this could be a good weekend.