Last year we had Irene, this year it was Sandy. And we are really lucky. We have power and water and internet and tv. We live on high ground and no flooding here. The worst of the storm here in Sunnyside gave us some downed trees and smashed cars. Somehow Continue Reading
Life
Learning the Craft
The first day we tried to see balloons it was too windy, so we went to Explora instead. Oh, how I love reciprocal museum membership. They had this nifty animation room with a zoetrope. Rob and Simon made a movie. “Balloon Crash”
October
This academic year my crazy month seems like it will be October instead of March. Although March will likely be crazy too. My manuscript was resubmitted. And now I am studying for my qualifying exam on November 1. This is the last exam I will ever have to take (assuming Continue Reading
Monkey See; Monkey Do
Simon has turned in to quite the little monkey. He’s started climbing. This terrifies me. Yesterday we were at the playground and he climbed up the jungle gym steps – which he can do – and went to the slide – which he can do with spotting. What he can’t Continue Reading
This Week
This week has been rough. I’m back in the full swing of the academic year and I thought I worked hard over the summer… I teach on Mondays. I’m pretty sure I have a good group of students this semester – they’ve been responsive in class discussions and 80% of Continue Reading