Proud of our beautiful daughter who found out just now from Western University that she has won 3 (!) scholarships! @westernuniversity #genderstudies Way to go, Madelaine!

Trying to get the hang of how and who to follow post-Twitter divorce. Thinking of changing my handle from Aspen… to my other alter-ego, Spanky McNuggets. #MastadonHelp #MastadonFollows #AdviceNeeded

Haven’t been here in ages! How is everyone doing? Just recovering from my first bout of COVID. Missed an entire week of teaching (never had that happen in my 13 years at Fanshawe College). Happy to be back!

Last evening’s confrontation with a plant thief who was digging up my next-door neighbor’s garden has resulted in a delightful exchange of bottles of red wine between the two of us (neighbor, that is, not the hooligan). All’s well that ends well! #PlantThief #LookOutForEacother #RedWineIsTheAnswer

The #shingrix vax (2nd dose) is a surprise. Got the shot at 10AM this morning. Happily worked my day until 5:30PM, ate dinner, watched a movie… exactly 12 hrs later, I’m lying in bed w/ 3 blankets and a water bottle, wearing a toque shivering uncontrollably. CANNOT. GET. WARM. #AtLeastItsNotShingles brr!

Uh oh. It looks as though I just might have found my Doctoral program. #UBC #DoctorOfEducation

My cat Priscilla “Chubby” Menegoni helping me do my taxes by SITTING on my paperwork. #TooshyT4 #Helping #CRA2023 #catsofmastadon