The other day, I scanned a leaf, thinking I might find some use for the image. I haven’t. But it’s been brought to my attention that some of my readers never get to see leaves change color anymore, so I’m sharing.
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Courtesy of Gerson, here’s cooking with lava.
Somebody want to explain this one to me? Penn State faculty and staff have off from Monday, December 23rd through Friday, December 27th. We also have off Monday, December 30th and Wednesday, January 1st. But we don’t have off on Tuesday, December 31st. The official e-mail reads: “…employees who are off that day will charge vacation or personal holiday. Also, note that temperature conditions in the work area may be less than ideal, so if you come in to work, dress accordingly.”
I’m very grateful for the entire week in late December, but doesn’t it seem a little silly to be off for ten days, come in for one, only to be off again the next day?
Who knew the Post Office had a cut-off point for the number of packages you could mail out at one time? Who knew that I’d actually reach that point?
“I always wondered how many it was,” said the woman behind the counter, counting fifty from top to bottom of my receipt and then getting the other twenty or thirty envelopes ready to be mailed under a separate purchase.
I just smiled. At least now the hard part is over.