Kendall’s Quest:

Categories

Category Order could not understand your category HTML. Please do the following:

Disable all plugins except for category order to see if some other plugin is causing the problem. If the problem goes away, re-enable each plugin until you find the incompatible one.
Try switching to a different theme, like the WordPress default theme.

Once you have tried the above steps, email david@coppit.org with the results of these debugging steps. Also include the following information:

Original HTML:
<li class="cat-item cat-item-9134"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/about-africa" >About Africa</a> (10)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-2502"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/blogs" >Blogs and Blogging</a> (32)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-9136"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/books-and-movies" >Books and Movies</a> (67)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-2456"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/buddhism" >Buddhism</a> (32)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-12"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/california" >California</a> (8)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-2052"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/cats" >Cats</a> (2)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-16063"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/chris-virden" >Chris Virden</a> (3)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-9139"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/manko" >Manko</a> (17)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-6495"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/massachusetts" >Massachusetts</a> (4)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-276"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/mexico" >Mexico</a> (11)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-9141"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/in-new-mexico" >New Mexico</a> (10)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-93"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/oregon" >Oregon</a> (23)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-4604"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/politics" >Politics</a> (20)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-9131"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/in-portugal" >Portugal</a> (22)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-1209"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/preparation" >Preparation</a> (8)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-9137"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/prisons-and-prisoners" >Prisons and Prisoners</a> (17)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-9140"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/seth" >Seth</a> (16)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-9132"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/in-spaingalicia" >Spain/Galicia</a> (4)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-9133"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/in-texas" >Texas</a> (35)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-132"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/travel" >Travel</a> (1)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-9138"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/what-does-it-mean" >What does it mean?</a> (51)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-9135"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/where-to-plant-myself" >Where to plant myself</a> (27)
</li>

Processed HTML:
<li class="cat-item cat-item-9134"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/about-africa" >About Africa</a> (10)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-2502"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/blogs" >Blogs and Blogging</a> (32)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-9136"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/books-and-movies" >Books and Movies</a> (67)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-2456"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/buddhism" >Buddhism</a> (32)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-12"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/california" >California</a> (8)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-2052"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/cats" >Cats</a> (2)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-16063"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/chris-virden" >Chris Virden</a> (3)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-9139"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/manko" >Manko</a> (17)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-6495"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/massachusetts" >Massachusetts</a> (4)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-276"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/mexico" >Mexico</a> (11)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-9141"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/in-new-mexico" >New Mexico</a> (10)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-93"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/oregon" >Oregon</a> (23)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-4604"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/politics" >Politics</a> (20)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-9131"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/in-portugal" >Portugal</a> (22)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-1209"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/preparation" >Preparation</a> (8)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-9137"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/prisons-and-prisoners" >Prisons and Prisoners</a> (17)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-9140"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/seth" >Seth</a> (16)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-9132"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/in-spaingalicia" >Spain/Galicia</a> (4)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-9133"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/in-texas" >Texas</a> (35)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-132"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/travel" >Travel</a> (1)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-9138"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/what-does-it-mean" >What does it mean?</a> (51)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-9135"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/where-to-plant-myself" >Where to plant myself</a> (27)
</li>

Category pattern:
/http\:\/\/blogs\.bootsnall\.com\/Grannygold.*?\/category\/(?:[^\/"]+\/)*([^\/"]+)/

Items:
Array
(
    [0] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-9134"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/about-africa" >About Africa</a> (10) </li>
    [1] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-2502"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/blogs" >Blogs and Blogging</a> (32) </li>
    [2] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-9136"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/books-and-movies" >Books and Movies</a> (67) </li>
    [3] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-2456"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/buddhism" >Buddhism</a> (32) </li>
    [4] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-12"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/california" >California</a> (8) </li>
    [5] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-2052"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/cats" >Cats</a> (2) </li>
    [6] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-16063"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/chris-virden" >Chris Virden</a> (3) </li>
    [7] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-9139"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/manko" >Manko</a> (17) </li>
    [8] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-6495"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/massachusetts" >Massachusetts</a> (4) </li>
    [9] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-276"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/mexico" >Mexico</a> (11) </li>
    [10] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-9141"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/in-new-mexico" >New Mexico</a> (10) </li>
    [11] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-93"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/oregon" >Oregon</a> (23) </li>
    [12] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-4604"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/politics" >Politics</a> (20) </li>
    [13] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-9131"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/in-portugal" >Portugal</a> (22) </li>
    [14] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-1209"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/preparation" >Preparation</a> (8) </li>
    [15] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-9137"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/prisons-and-prisoners" >Prisons and Prisoners</a> (17) </li>
    [16] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-9140"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/seth" >Seth</a> (16) </li>
    [17] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-9132"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/in-spaingalicia" >Spain/Galicia</a> (4) </li>
    [18] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-9133"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/in-texas" >Texas</a> (35) </li>
    [19] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-132"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/travel" >Travel</a> (1) </li>
    [20] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-9138"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/what-does-it-mean" >What does it mean?</a> (51) </li>
    [21] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-9135"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grannygold/category/where-to-plant-myself" >Where to plant myself</a> (27) </li>
)

About Africa (10)

Blogs and Blogging (32)

Books and Movies (67)

Buddhism (32)

California (8)

Cats (2)

Chris Virden (3)

Manko (17)

Massachusetts (4)

Mexico (11)

New Mexico (10)

Oregon (23)

Politics (20)

Portugal (22)

Preparation (8)

Prisons and Prisoners (17)

Seth (16)

Spain/Galicia (4)

Texas (35)

Travel (1)

What does it mean? (51)

Where to plant myself (27)

The Nerve to Become an Old Woman

March 25th, 2007

A friend sent me Carolyn Heilbrun’s 1986 classic, Writing a Woman’s Life. I read it when it was new, listened to Heilbrun talk about it at Smith. In reading it again now, I see that I owe Heilbrun and her cronies enormous gratitude. She/they shaped my habits of mind more than I credited, till now. Her analysis of literature and culture is as comfortable to me as old slippers. But that’s the point of my gratitude. I made her ideas part of my way of looking at the world, part of the way I have given voice to other women and created my living autobiography. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in Books and Movies, What does it mean? | 1 Comment »

Tags: Books and Movies, Carolyn Heilbrun, What does it mean?

Continuing with Karen Armstrong

March 24th, 2007

I’m still reading Karen Armstrong’s The Spiral Staircase. It’s taking me a long time. I read a few pages, put the book down, think, live, sleep on her words, wake, and read a few pages more. Armstrong is part of this moment for me, and I am as grateful to her as I am to my closest friends. She explores questions, like What is an authentic life? which have called to me for decades. She describes my own doubts and longings. Sometimes she sounds a little like Joseph Campbell, as here: Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in Books and Movies, What does it mean? | 2 Comments »

Tags: Books and Movies, Karen Armstrong, What does it mean?

Former Student Makes Good,Writes Back

March 22nd, 2007

I will call her Susan. I taught her at Smith College sixteen years ago, and when she sent me an email, a couple of days ago, I had to ask her to send me a photo of herself because I couldn’t quite remember her name. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in What does it mean? | 1 Comment »

Tags: What does it mean?

Karen Armstrong and College Teaching

March 21st, 2007

I’m still reading Karen Armstrong’s The Spiral Staircase, and I find myself laughing, crying, and re-reading paragraphs with the joy of having found (in books, as is often the case with me) a consciousness I recognize. She just puts it all out there–she describes herself as a failed nun, a failed academic, a failed heterosexual, and a successful high school teacher who hated that whole field of work; and out of all that failure she makes one stunning success–as a writer. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in Books and Movies, What does it mean? | 2 Comments »

Tags: Books and Movies, What does it mean?

Ansie’s Photographs

March 20th, 2007

Ansie has put her amazing photos together into a slideshow called De Colores, here. Prepare your eyes to be drenched in colores.

Posted in Mexico | No Comments »

Tags: Guanajuato, Mexico

Gallo’s Photographs

March 19th, 2007

Gallo’s photographs may be viewed here. Ansie is having some computer problems. Hers will be available when she can get them downloaded.

Posted in Mexico | No Comments »

Tags: Mexico

Back in Texas

March 17th, 2007

It was a better trip than my best dreams of what it could be. Ansie and Gallo and I had a great time exploring one little piece of Mexico and getting to know each other better, and while it is good to see my young adult daughter again, it’s hard to come back to the mundane world of laundry, grocery shopping, brushing the cat, opening the mail, etc. Driving home from the airport I was struck by how colorless all the buildings are–beige, gray, white. About the most colorful thing we have around here is red brick. Blah. But it’s a glorious spring day and the leaves are unfurling, so I can’t be too grouchy. I’ve posted my photos of Guanajuato on my photo site. I didn’t take many photos, and many of the ones I took were useless, but Gallo and Ansie outdid themselves. As soon as I get theirs, I’ll post the link on here so anyone who reads this can really see what it was like!

Posted in Texas | 1 Comment »

Tags: Texas

Raw Snippets from Gallo

March 16th, 2007

From his journal:

The albino pigeon turns circles while her black and gray brethren go about the business that pigeons pursue.

Tourists flash photos of a pilgrim walking on her knees toward the altar for lost children.

Pop music echoes off the Guanajuato mountainside as men and women return from work, hang out laundry and look toward the darkening sky.

The potted cactus stands tall and healthy despite blue spray paint that has found its way onto one of its arms.

Posted in Mexico | No Comments »

Tags: Mexico

Last day in Guanajuato

March 16th, 2007

I have the sickness of heart that all travelers get when the trip is almost over, and yet each moment is sweeter than the others. I spent the morning on my own, visiting churches, feeling the ways that faith manifests in this place. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in Mexico | 1 Comment »

Tags: Guanajuato, Mexico

Guanajuato: pure joy

March 15th, 2007

Travel-time is its own phenomenon. We were here–what? A day and a half. And when we came back after two days away, it felt to me as if I´d lived here for a lifetime, gone away for a decade, and was coming home. The streets, alleys, smells, and sounds were familiar. The faces of the vendors were familiar; the park benches were familiar. The people in the hostel were dear old friends. The constant swirl of life, youth, energy, laughter, dogs, taxis, buses, and color is all exactly as it should be. Of all the trips I´ve made into Mexico (something between a dozen and fifteen), this is the best. This city is my favorite in all of Mexico. Here are some of the reasons why. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in Mexico | 1 Comment »

Tags: Mexico

Kendall’s Quest:

Pages

Recently Posted

Categories

My Links

Travel Links

Archives

The Nerve to Become an Old Woman

Continuing with Karen Armstrong

Former Student Makes Good,Writes Back

Karen Armstrong and College Teaching

Ansie’s Photographs

Gallo’s Photographs

Back in Texas

Raw Snippets from Gallo

Last day in Guanajuato

Guanajuato: pure joy