It looks like I’m buying a house. We’re aiming for a closing date of January 9, 2007. Keep your fingers crossed, please.
my new home
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Author Archives: ghw
teaching carnivals, 2006-2007
Thanks to the tireless efforts of several academic bloggers, we’ve had an impressive lineup of teaching carnivals over the last several months.
We need volunteers to host future carnivals. Please let me know if you’d like to participate. Here’s the calendar:
- #18 Xoom (December 15, 2006)
- #19 scribblingwoman (January 29, 2007)
- #20 revisionspiral (February 15, 2007)
- #21 The Salt-Box (March 1, 2007)
- #22 (March 15, 2007)
- #23 (April 1, 2007)
- #24 (April 15, 2007)
- #25 (May 1, 2007)
- #26 (May 15, 2007)
- #27 (June 1, 2007)
Here, in reverse order, is a list of previous carnivals:
- #17 David Silver (December 1, 2006)
- #16 Ancarett’s Abode (November 15, 2006)
- #15 New Kid on the Hallway (November 1, 2006)
- #14 m2h blogging (October 15, 2006)
- #13 A Blog Around The Clock (October 1, 2006)
- #12 Scrivenings (September 15, 2006)
- #11 WorkBook (September 1, 2006)
- #10 Raining Cats & Dogma (June 20, 2006) [deleted, apparently]
- #9 Adventures in Ethics and Science (May 14, 2006)
- #8 A Delicate Boy (Apr 15, 2006)
- #7 The Salt-Box (Mar 15, 2006)
- #6 Science & Politics (Feb 15, 2006)
- #5 Ancarett’s Abode (Jan 15, 2006)
- #4 New Kid on the Hallway (Dec 15, 2005)
- #3 Scrivenings (Nov 15, 2005)
- #2 scribblingwoman (Oct 15, 05)
- #1 thanks for not being a zombie (Sept 1, 05)
Please leave us here, close our eyes…
touch one
Now jump
and twist your body around
You should face the opposite direction
feel heavy and clumsy
rise and turn
Escape to
oblivion
for each inch cut…
…the roots grow ten where we can’t see them.
–Rainer Maria1
I’m thankful for clarity, when it comes to me. The last few weeks have shown me that I really need to figure out what I’m doing with my life. I’m not unhappy, just…coasting. I’m working on being kinder to myself, on understanding that coasting is a perfectly reasonable place to be considering the events of the past year. I don’t want to coast through my whole life, though, waiting for good things to happen to me. I need a blueprint that keeps me on track, that guides my decisions about my personal life (family, friends, romance), my creative life (music, writing, and perhaps visual art), my health (mental and physical), my identity as a scholar and teacher.
I’m thankful for the smart, supportive friends I’ve found here in my new home.
I’m thankful for the resources to work these things out and for the optimism that tells me I’ll be able to.
- After ten years the band is-unfortunately-calling it quits.
enough said
You tell ’em, Socks. (Via BoingBoing. See also Dr. B. on Speaker Pelosi.)
P.S. Special message to Teh Internets: I’ve found other things to do with my time. I know, I know. No one is more surprised than I am. Things are fine. Don’t worry about me. I’ll be reading a book (!) and getting some fresh air from time to time. This isn’t goodbye. You’ll always have a special place in my heart. We can still be friends.